curtailed
英 [kɜːˈteɪld]
美 [kɜːrˈteɪld]
v. 限制; 缩短; 减缩
curtail的过去分词和过去式
BNC.46269 / COCA.40615
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...
双语例句
- Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
她因病而减少了体育活动。 - While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed by climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people's health.
即使气候变化阻碍了狩猎和诱捕,因纽特人或许也不会真的挨饿受冻,但气候变化的确影响了人们的健康。 - The trade surpluses will be significantly curtailed and the trade deficit is likely to increase.
贸易盈余将要明显减少,而贸易赤字可能要增加。 - 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。 - The United States government has curtailed the export of this crop.
美国政府已经缩减了这种作物的出口。 - Tax receipts, curtailed by tax competition, often do not allow the funding of social programmes.
因税收竞争而减少的税收收入常常无法为社会计划提供资金。 - 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。 - A sudden fog came on, and she curtailed her walk.
一阵突如其来的浓雾使她缩短了散步的路程。 - Budget cuts have drastically curtailed training programs.
预算削减极大程度地减少了培训项目。 - John's father curtailed his allowance.
约翰的父亲减少了他的零用钱。