Attempts have been made to curb this kind tendency to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant's published papers.

人们已经做出努力来遏制这种倾向，即将一些质量和数量的衡量标准纳入对申请人发表论文的评估当中。

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The acupuncture worked just as well as the antidepressant Effexor to curb hot flashes.

在抑制潮热方面，针灸的效果和抗抑郁药文拉法辛一样好。

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To curb pollution during the games, the authorities have closed all construction sites in Beijing as well as dozens of factories and quarries in and around the city for two months.

为了遏制奥运期间的污染，官方关闭了北京的所有建筑工地、市内及周围的许多工厂和采石场，为期2个月。

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Though the premier's keynote address won applause from the nearly 3, 000 delegates present, Zhu outlined few fresh economic policies - and no political reform - which might help increase employment as well as curb corruption.

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If the new government wishes to avoid the latter, it would be well advised to curb some of the arbitrary detention and misbehaviour of militias, which people in Sirte have told us seem like revenge pure and simple.

BBC: Post-revolution Sirte a breeding ground for unrest

While well-intentioned attempts to curb smoking may appear bold and decisive, they are in the end timid.

CNN: Why cigarettes are here to stay