We need a free press to curb government excesses.

我们需要新闻自由来约束政府的越轨行为。

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A good place to start is with ourselves, by working to change our habits and curb our excesses as individual consumers.

从我们自己做起是良好的开端，作为个人消费者，我们要努力改变自己的习惯，抑制自己的过度消费。

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Policymakers should have intervened to curb the excesses but were hamstrung by free-market ideology.

决策者本应出台干涉过度消费，却被自由市场理念束住了手脚。

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Walker's victory on Tuesday will galvanize those battling to curb the excesses of public employee unions.

CNN: A victory for curbs on public worker unions

To curb the excesses of executive pay, Vince Cable has passed the buck back to shareholders.

BBC: Will highly paid investors curb pay of highly paid bosses?

China has been making substantial efforts on its own to curb such excesses, and these might well benefit from co-operation with outsiders.

ECONOMIST: Some milestone