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

那你为什么不给它盖上盖子呢？

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Put the lid on. Cover the container with a big plastic sheet and tie it closed with some string or twine around the middle of the container.

盖上盖子。用大塑料布盖住容器，并用绳子将塑料布固定在容器上。

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Now if you put a clear lid on that jar, the flea will continue to try to get out. It keeps jumping up to escape… only to keep whacking its head on the lid of the glass jar.

如果你用透明盖子将玻璃罐盖上，跳蚤将继续跳跃，想挣脱玻璃罐的束缚，一次又一次碰壁，但是它依然坚持撞击！

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Moreover, the oil industry is in private hands, so even if the government in Moscow wanted to put a lid on production, it has less influence over its oil companies than OPEC governments have over theirs.

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Turns out, trying to put a lid on whatever emotions triggered the crying in the first place might just make it worse.

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