1·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He suggests that focusing on individual diet plans of any kind may be misguided, and that only community-wide change will truly be able to stem the tide of obesity.
他认为任何一种针对于个人的饮食计划都是不明智的，只有在社会团体范围内的改变才能真正遏制肥胖的浪潮。
4·The first response was to create a static page, but they found that this couldn't stem the tide
第一反应是建立静态的页面，但他们发现仍不足以在汹涌的潮水中站住脚
5·A choppy market stalled initial public offerings in the U.S. in the second quarter, but did little to stem the global tide of companies tapping the public for fresh capital.
二季度，疲软的市场令美国的IPO(首次公开募股)有所停滞，但却阻止不了全球企业借由上市寻求新资金的脚步。
6·But can such efforts stem the tide?
但是，这种努力可以扭转局面吗？
7·Currently these strategies are the domain of research and we are focused on what we must do next to stem the tide of attack.
目前这些策略还是在研究阶段，并且我们正专注于下一步该如何堵住网络的攻击潮水。
8·But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.
人心恶毒，我们一定要及时防范，免得一发不可收拾。我们要用姐妹之情来安慰彼此创伤的心灵。
9·But that was the corner that mattered to the Americans and Australians who were trying to stem the seemingly inevitable tide of Japanese conquest in 1943.
这是1943年，日本人以势如破竹之势席卷这一角，美国和澳大利亚却试图在这儿挡住日本人。
10·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。