keep in line

英 [kiːp ɪn laɪn]

美 [kiːp ɪn laɪn]

使（某人）就范; 使（某人）听从吩咐

英英释义

verb

• control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
  1. She manipulates her boss
  2. She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up
  3. The teacher knew how to keep the class in line
  4. she keeps in line
  Synonym:manipulatecontrol

双语例句

• Like sheep without any need for a sheepdog, we keep each other in line.
  我们彼此一致，就像无需牧羊犬看守的羊群。
• With the approach of the21st century, like other industries, the press industry also needs adjustments and innovation in order to keep in line with new developments and remain ahead in the next century.
  面对新世纪的即将来临，报业与其他各业一样，都需要调整和创新，以适应新趋势，并且争取走在新世纪的前头。
• How should the ideology of Jiangxi keep in line with that of zhejiang?
  论江西与浙江思想观念接轨？
• You two better keep him in line.
  你们两个给我看好他。
• The particularity of CAFTA has made it impossible to imitate the foreign mode briefly. It is urgent that we should find a way to make the origin criteria accord with the demand for the development of CAFTA and keep in line with international standards.
  CAFTA的特殊性决定了在制定原产地标准时不可能简单地照搬国外模式，如何完善原产地标准，使之符合CAFTA的发展要求并与国际接轨，已经成为迫切需要解决的重要问题。
• Tell me how I keep in line with the university, what's going on?
  我怎么才能了解这所学校？，有什么大事儿发生了？
• Call it a loving memory of his family or a way to keep him in line.
  这可称得上是来自家庭的爱的记忆。
• It will be low because it will be necessary to have only one man looking after each job, without having another man to check upon what he is doing, keep him in line, and report on him to someone else.
  行政管理费用的降低的原因是：每项工作只需要一个人去完成，用不着另外再有一个人检查工作。
• HOW TO KEEP IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE FOR PROJECT TENDERING IN CHINA Method for Connecting Pricing Model of China's Building Construction with International Convention
  工程报价方法如何与国际惯例接轨浅谈我国建筑工程计价模式与国际惯例融合的方法
• That's all? Just trying to keep him in line?
  仅此而已？只是让他学乖点？