| 词汇 | stemmed |
| 释义 | stem the tideTo stop something from continuing or worsening. Once the people turn on you, you'll have a hard time stemming the tide of rebellion. stem from (something)To come, result, or develop from something else. My fear of the water stems from the time my brother nearly drowned me when we were playing in our cousin's pool as kids. The poverty in this area stems from the closure of the coal mine, the largest single employer in the entire county. stem the tideStop the course of a trend or tendency, as in It is not easy to stem the tide of public opinion. This idiom uses stem in the sense of "stop" or "restrain." [Mid-1800s] stem the tideorstem the flowCOMMON If you stem the tide or stem the flow of something bad which is happening to a large degree, you start to control and stop it. The authorities seem powerless to stem the rising tide of violence. The cut in interest rates has done nothing to stem the flow of job losses. ˌstem the ˈtide (of something)stop the large increase of something bad: The police are unable to stem the rising tide of crime. |
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