curtail

英[kɜː'teɪl] 美[kɜːr'teɪl]
  • v. 缩减；削减；截短
curtailer curtailed curtailed curtailing curtails
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. vt. 截断，缩短 cut back;shorten

英英释义

Verb:
  1. place restrictions on;

    "curtail drinking in school"

  2. 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

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自辞典例句

3. It is necessary to curtail or alter normally coexisting stimuli.
必需消除或改变正常时并存的刺激.

来自辞典例句

4. Again the purpose of this action was to curtail inflation.
此行动的目的在于抑制通货膨胀.

来自辞典例句

5. In all cases we'll curtail baggage handling.
在任何情况之下,我们要简化行李的发送.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
      她因病而减少了体育活动。
    2. The government hopes to curtail public spending.
      政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
    3. The government hopes to curtail public spending in the next tax year.
      政府希望在下个财税年度减少公家开支。
    4. Given this, China will continue to take measures to curtail the trend of deflation.
      因此,中国还要继续采取措施以遏制通缩的趋势。
    5. The President had to curtail his visit.
      总统不得不缩短他的访问日期。
    用作名词 (n.)
    用作及物动词 S+ ～+n./pron.
    1. Since I've lost my job I have to curtail our spending.
      既然我没有了工作，我得减少花销。
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    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。

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