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　

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8法律

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
  1. Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
     购书开支已被大大削减。
  2. 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。

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。

英英释义

verb

• place restrictions on
  1. curtail drinking in school
  Synonym:restrictcurbcut back
• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  1. My speech was cut short
  2. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
  Synonym:clipcut short

双语例句

• 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。
• His powers will be severely curtailed.
  他的权力将受到极大的限制。
• By the same token, reduced military budgets would force the government to curtail its foreign involvement.
  根据同样理由，削减军事预算就可以迫使政府减少其在国外的卷入。
• 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。
• He added that the low price would drive some producers to curtail output, allowing the price to rise.
  他还指出，价格的低迷将促使一些生产商削减产出，从而为价格上涨提供了空间。
• It also scrapped or lowered a range of export rebates to curtail mounting exports and curb excessive production.
  同时也削减呵降低了一部分出口退款来减缩和遏制增多的出口产品。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government hopes to curtail public spending.
  政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
• The most important, is to curtail the offeror's power to withdraw his offer.
  最为重要的，是削减要约人撤回他的要约的权利。