put on cap
1.It is a necessity. He believes that the first priority of any climate bill enacted by Congress must be to put a cap on global warming gases.
VOA : standard.2010.06.14
2."We're going to go in and put a cap on it and we'll be able to produce the fluids [the oil and the next step is to make sure that we minimize the oil and pollution going into the Gulf."
VOA : standard.2010.05.31
3.She argued that onerous requirements on staff numbers in England "put a cap on salaries" and meant nurseries struggled to "retain and recruit high quality people".
BBC: Cut nursery staff to child ratio, urges minister
4.Another anti-economic aspect of the Kyoto protocol, in addition to its silence on trading, was its failure to put a cap on the costs of abatement: countries undertook to meet their targets regardless.
ECONOMIST: Economics focus
Fantasize
to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen 想象,幻想
SYN dream
[+ about ]Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world.
有时候,她幻想着买艘船周游世界。
fantasize that
I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars.
我过去常幻想我的亲生父母是著名影星。
preoccupied
thinking about something a lot, with the result that you do not pay attentionto other things 全神贯注的,入神的
What’s wrong with Cindy? She seems a little preoccupied.
辛迪怎么了?她好像有点心事重重。
[+ with ]
He’s completely preoccupied with all the wedding preparations at the moment.
他此刻心无旁骛地筹备婚礼。