curtail
英 [kɜːˈteɪl]
美 [kɜːrˈteɪl]
v. 限制; 缩短; 减缩
过去分词:curtailed 现在分词:curtailing 过去式:curtailed 第三人称单数:curtails
Collins.1 / BNC.8521 / COCA.9041
牛津词典
verb
- 限制;缩短;减缩
to limit sth or make it last for a shorter time- Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
购书开支已被大大削减。 - The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off.
那次讲座被突然鸣响的火警中断了。
- Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 缩短;减缩;限制
If youcurtailsomething, you reduce or limit it.- NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region...
北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。 - I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time...
我告诉路易,一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。 - His powers will be severely curtailed.
他的权力将受到极大的限制。
- NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region...
英英释义
verb
- place restrictions on
- curtail drinking in school
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
双语例句
- Higher policy interest rates disrupt this process only if they undermine economic growth, curtail the flow of investor funds to "alternatives" and widen risk spreads in debt markets.
只有较高的政策利率破坏了经济增长,缩减了投资者转向“可选”投资渠道的资金流,扩大了债市的风险息差,加息才会中断上述过程。 - Social and political pressures have also made it difficult to curtail benefits or reduce total public expenditure.
社会和政治的压力也使各国政府难以削减公共福利或降低公共开支总额。 - However real-name registration will also curtail people's ability to report, often anonymously, corruption and official abuses.
然而,实名登记制还将限制人们在网上举报官员腐败和滥用职权,这些举报通常是匿名进行的。 - Given this, China will continue to take measures to curtail the trend of deflation.
因此,我们还要采取措施继续遏制通缩的趋势。 - Any measures to curtail credit default swap trading could have a bigger impact, however.
然而,任何限制信用违约互换(cds)交易的措施,都可能带来更大的冲击。 - His powers will be severely curtailed.
他的权力将受到极大的限制。 - NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region
北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。 - But how many Americans would vote for the politician that promises to curtail or end such programs?
可要是一位政治家承诺缩减或是不再实施这些计划,又有多少选民愿意投票给他呢? - To curtail the extra effect, and uses the measured sufficiently, slide multinomial fitting model is put forward.
为了更加充分的利用观测信息,减少外界因素影响,提出了滑动多项式拟合模型。 - Millions of households will soon have little choice but to sharply curtail their consumption.
数百万家庭毫无选择,为了还债不得不急剧缩减他们的日常消费。