- はどめ
- [歯止め] *brake【C】[しばしば the ~s] ブレーキ, 制動装置;抑制, 牽制∥ act as a brake on his plan 彼の計画に歯止めをかける歯止め
brake* * *はどめ【歯止め】*brake〖C〗[しばしば the ~s] ブレーキ, 制動装置; 抑制, 牽制act as a brake on his plan 彼の計画に歯止めをかける
* * *はどめ【歯止め】1 〔車輪の〕 a drag; 〔爪車の〕 a pallet; a click; a pawl.2 〔制動機〕 a brake; a slipper; a skidpan; a skid.●歯止めを掛ける brake; skid; apply [put on] the brakes
・歯止めをはずす lift [release] the brakes.
3 〔抑制, 停止手段〕 a brake 《on rampant inflation》; an imposed limit 《on spending》; a check 《on corrupt practices》.●自衛隊の出動には一定の歯止めが必要だ. There needs to be a check imposed on the deployment of Self Defense Forces.
●歯止めをかける put the brakes on
・少子化に歯止めをかける stem the decline in birth rate
・その悪循環に歯止めをかけなくてはならない. We must put an end to that vicious cycle.
・人間の欲望は際限がないものだから, なんらかの歯止めをかける必要がある. Human desires are limitless, and so some kind of brake on them is necessary.
板[磁気, 蒸気, 空気]歯止め a disc [a magnetic, a steam, an air] brake.帯[螺旋(らせん), 水圧]歯止め a band [screw, hydraulic] brake.手動歯止め a hand brake.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.