1. 关闸 刹车使停止进行：apply the brake 关闸 刹车使停止进行 | put on the brake 关闸 刹车使停止进行 | jam the brakes on [口](紧急)刹车
1. But a brake seems to have been put on the increase late last year.
2. Those adjustments came after the State Council's decision earlier this month to put a brake on the country's railway networks.
3. Liu said the government will continue its efforts to put a brake on excessive investment in 10 sectors.
4. To raise its energy efficiency and lower pollutant discharge, the country has to put a brake on extensive investment growth.
5. The challenge is that due to the booming Chinese economy, will pollution put a brake on the number of tourists visiting China?