"reign in" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 控制
• 抑制

Definition

對某事或某人加以控制、限制或約束，特別是在其變得過度或難以管理時。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常與 'rein in' 混淆，二者意義相近，都表示控制或限制。日常口語和書面語中用來表示控制情緒、行為等。

Examples

You need to reign in your spending.

你需要**控制**你的花費。

The teacher asked the students to reign in their excitement.

老師讓學生們**抑制**激動的情緒。

I try to reign in my anger when I drive.

開車時我盡量**控制**自己的憤怒。

Management is trying to reign in unnecessary overtime.

管理層正在**控制**不必要的加班。

It's hard to reign in your thoughts late at night.

晚上很難**抑制**自己的思緒。

Could you reign in the noise a bit? We're trying to work.

你能不能**控制**一下聲音？我們在工作。