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

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Like a vaccine they offer a public good as well as a private one in that they curb the rate of viral transmission.

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But Sebi chairman, DR Mehta, told the BBC that he was confident the markets would respond well to a measure which will not only curb excessive speculation, but do away with a system which was sometimes used by unscrupulous operators to rig the stock markets.

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