in check 的定义
- Restrained from moving or acting; under control. For example, The first division held the enemy in check, or Mary kept her emotions in check. This term replaced at check and out of check, which date from the mid-1500s.
in check 近义词
等同于 restrained
in check 的近义词 35 个
- discreet
- laid-back
- mild
- muted
- reasonable
- reticent
- subdued
- tasteful
- unobtrusive
- chilled
- controlled
- cool
- moderate
- plain
- retiring
- shrinking
- steady
- withdrawn
- calm and collected
- conservative
- corked up
- in charge
- inobtrusive
- on a leash
- self-controlled
- soft
- temperate
- unaffable
- undemonstrative
- under control
- under wraps
- unexcessive
- unexpansive
- unextreme
- uptight
in check 的反义词 7 个
更多in check例句
- In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
- We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
- She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.
- Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
- The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
- So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
- Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
- "Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.