The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures.

政府没有控制住工厂纷纷倒闭的势头。

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His efforts to stem the tide of violent crime have been as effective as Canute's.

他遏制暴力犯罪增长的努力一直是螳臂当车。

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said that attempts by retailers to stem the tide of unrecycled cups varied enormously, and called on them to do more.

零售商试图大量采用多样化手段去制止不可循环杯子的使用，并要求他们做得更多。

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European countries have been trying to stem the tide of a near financial meltdown that started in Greece, but is now threatening to engulf other heavily indebted countries.

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Both agreed on the importance of providing aid to civilians to stem the tide of refugees.

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First, we strengthened security at the borders so that we could finally stem the tide of illegal immigrants.

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Isn't that exactly what we need to stem the tide of obesity?

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