curtailed

英 [kɜːˈteɪld]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪld]

v.  限制; 缩短; 减缩
curtail的过去分词和过去式

过去式：curtailed　过去分词：curtailed　

BNC.46269 / COCA.40615

柯林斯词典

• VERB 缩短;减缩;限制
  If youcurtailsomething, you reduce or limit it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. His powers will be severely curtailed.
     他的权力将受到极大的限制。

双语例句

• But now that this has been curtailed by protective parents, children are roaming in cyber space instead.
  但现在，想保护孩子的父母限制了这些活动，因此孩子们转而在网络空间中漫游。
• Sooner or later revenues will have to rise or outlays will have to be curtailed.
  政府迟早得增加财政收入或者削减支出。
• These stipulations have curtailed buyers over the past few years, creating an oversupply of building.
  过去几年，这些规定限制了买家，造成房地产市场供大于求。
• This means that your capabilities as a sentient Being have been greatly curtailed.
  这意味着你的知觉存在能力被大大缩减。
• His powers will be severely curtailed.
  他的权力将受到极大的限制。
• Interest rates have gone up substantially recently, and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed.
  近来利率已大幅度提高，信贷的使用已大大削减。
• His career was curtailed by injury.
  因为受伤，他的职业生涯缩短了。
• 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。
• The movement of medical supplies and ambulances to the affected areas is seriously curtailed.
  送往受影响地区的医疗供应品和救护车的通行受到限制。
• Under a military regime, civil liberty may be severely curtailed.
  在军事政权统治下，公民的自由可能会被严重剥夺。