The fur trade kept nutria in check for decades, but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s, the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy.

几十年来，毛皮贸易一直控制着海狸鼠的数量，但在20世纪80年代末，海狸鼠毛制品市场崩溃，导致这种猫大小的动物的数量疯涨。

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The recession has held salaries in check for the IT profession.

衰退抑制了IT职业的薪酬。

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That trauma kept the city’s metro ambitions in check for 20 years.

这个失败的设计，遏制阿姆斯特丹成为大都市的雄心壮志长达20年之久。

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"In that case," Dupin said, "take out your checkbook and write me a check for fifty thousand francs.

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And then it occurs to you that in the next room there's a healthy guy who came in for a check-up.

然后你突然想起,在隔壁病房,有个来做体检的健康人。

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Before eating the last slice, you could check with your friends to make sure it's alright for you to delve in.

在伸手拿最后那片披萨前，你可以跟你的朋友确认下，你吃完最后一片有没有关系。

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Slower global growth and increased yields will keep commodity prices in check for several years.

FORBES: The Next 10 Years

If those figures stay in check for October, the jobs numbers could continue to show modest positives.

FORBES: U.S. Payrolls Add 103K Jobs, Private Sector Posts 137K Gain

The Fed said that inflation appeared in check for the moment but reserved the right to raise rates in the future.

FORBES: Fed Holds Steady