A Commentary on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

Prices were unofficially frozen last November, but Beijing has struggled since then to put a lid on inflation, which has been running at a three-year high.

去年11月，有关部门非正式要求食用油限价，但此后北京方面在遏制通胀方面成效不大，目前中国通胀率处在三年来高点。

That effectively has put a lid on inflation, which has been near or below the 2% level the Federal Reserve considers healthy for the economy.

通胀水平一直接近或低于美联储（Federal Reserve）认为对经济健康的2%。

In Japan there is a proverb,'If it stinks, put a lid on it.

日本有句谚语：“要是闻着发臭，那就盖上盖子。”（眼不见为净。）

It isn't a lack of funds that has put a lid on spending so much as uncertainty over sales prospects.

企业舍不得支出，更多地不是因为差钱，而是因为销售收入前景难料。

Energy can flow across the glass but I put a lid on top, and so the water can't get out.

能量可以穿过杯壁流动，但是我在顶上加了盖子，所以水不能跑出来。

He put a lid on the pot.

他在水壶上盖盖子。

They're gonna put a lid on it and blow it all up.

他们就是要把这全炸上天。

Can it help businesses put a lid on ever-growing employee health care bills?

它能帮助企业遏制员工医疗保健费用节节攀升的势头吗？

Such social media surveillance could help put a lid on food-borne disease outbreaks.

而这种社会媒体监督有助于抑制食物引发疾病的大规模爆发。

So why don't you just put a lid on it?

那你为什么不给它盖上盖子呢？

Put a lid on a pan when boiling water.

烧水时在锅上盖好盖子。

Put a lid on a pan when boiling water. 6.

烧水时把壶盖盖好。

The new law will put a lid on government spend.

新法律将限制政府开支。

Put a lid on to prevent heat escaping.

盖上盖子，以免热气跑了。

A few weeks later when he came down with the flu he called and asked if I could fill in for him as a guest lecturer at NYU. The subject was Death of a Salesman.

几星期后，他罹患流行感冒，打电话问我是否能代替他出席纽约大学的客座演讲，演讲主题正是《推销员之死》。

Rob has also been a guest lecturer at Cambridge University and has been awarded prizes for his presentations from the Palaeontological Association and the Natural History Museum, London.

罗布一直在剑桥大学担任客座讲师，并获得了由古生物协会和自然历史博物馆颁发的奖励，以表彰他在研究上出色的学术演讲。

To be killed in a plane accident this weekend and there was a guest lecturer for you on Tuesday there'll be somebody alive lecturing to you.

我周末死于空难，而下星期二又有客座教授的话，就会有人活着给你们上课。

He was a guest lecturer at the Beijing Institute of Education and the Central Conservatory of Music apart from teaching at the Shenzhen campus of Beijing University's Law School.

除了在北京大学法学院深圳分院任教外，他还担任北京教育学院和中央音乐学院的客座教授。

Today's guest lecturer is KLM jong-bae.

今天的客坐教授是金先生。

A guest lecturer on French wines.

讲授法国葡萄酒知识的特邀嘉宾。