1. 煞车：回家的路上菲里普告诉我,刚才警官是要检查煞车(brake)灯,让我踩煞车,而我听成倒车(back up),把车倒向了他,难怪他脸都绿了. 警官说我差点杀了他,他很生气,这么危险的中国女人不能拿驾照!
1. 制动器；刹车；车闸
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
e.g. The brakes began locking...
制动器开始锁定。
e.g. A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
一只海鸥突然扑到她的车前，她急忙猛踩刹车。
2. 刹车；用刹车使（车）减速；刹住（车）
When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.
e.g. He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。
e.g. She braked sharply to avoid another car...
她为了躲另一辆车而紧急刹车。
3. 抑制因素；约束
You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.
e.g. Illness had put a brake on his progress...
疾病使他的进展放缓。
e.g. You can take the financial brakes off in June.
6月份可以放开金融管制。
词典解释
1. 制动器；刹车；车闸
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
e.g. The brakes began locking...
制动器开始锁定。
e.g. A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
一只海鸥突然扑到她的车前，她急忙猛踩刹车。
2. 刹车；用刹车使（车）减速；刹住（车）
When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.
e.g. He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。
e.g. She braked sharply to avoid another car...
她为了躲另一辆车而紧急刹车。
3. 抑制因素；约束
You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.
e.g. Illness had put a brake on his progress...
疾病使他的进展放缓。
e.g. You can take the financial brakes off in June.
6月份可以放开金融管制。