单选题 Many local citizens wrote to the mayor, complaining that the police were always failing to take adequate measures to______the growth in crime.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：句意：很多当地市民写信给市长抱怨说，警察总是不能采取充分的措施来抑制犯罪的增长。词义辨析题。restrain意为“制止，控制，抑制”；decline意为“减少，衰退，谢绝，婉言拒绝”；quit意为“离开，退出，停止”；reject意为“拒绝接受，不予考虑”。