curtailing

英[kɜː'teɪl] 美[kɜːr'teɪl]

v. 缩减；削减；截短

名词: curtailer 过去式: curtailed 过去分词: curtailed 现在分词: curtailing 第三人称单数: curtails

curability n.治愈可能性；有痊愈希望
curable adj.可医治的；医得好的
curacao n.柑桂酒；柑香酒(=curacoa)Curaçao.n.库拉索(加勒比海南部荷属安的列斯群岛中的一个岛屿)
curacoa n.柑桂酒；柑香酒
curacy n.副牧师的职务

n. (名词)

vt. 截断，缩短 cut back;shorten

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"

1. The health secretary recently proposed a series of laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use in Gandania.: 卫生部长最近提出了一系列旨在减少 Gandania烟草使用的法律。

2. They will be curtailing the discussions at two thirty.: 他们将把讨论缩短至两点半。

3. Curtailing Saudi production, in particular, would be a huge shock to markets.: 沙特阿拉伯产量下降，对市场的冲击会尤其严重。

4. A tax on foreign investments for the purpose of curtailing the outflow of private funds.: 为减少私人资金的外流而对外国投资征收的一种税。

5. He sought to benefit the people at large by curtailing the powers of both Church and State.: 他要求，以造福于广大人民的限制的权力都教会与国家。

6. Do they not see that We are bringing destruction upon the land by curtailing it of its sides?: 难道他们不知道吗？我到他们的地方来缩小他们的边境。

7. Donovan is a Harvard-educated architect with a reputation for curtailing low-income foreclosures.: Donovan毕业于哈弗建筑专业，因为为低收入家庭控制抵押品赎回权而出名。

8. Through curtailing supply and boosting demand, the Fed wants to stabilize the property price and the economy.: 通过减少供给，刺激需求，美联储希望稳定房地产价格和经济。

9. Many national and international airlines have declared bankruptcy and are in the process of curtailing services.: 许多国家和国际航空公司宣布破产，并逐步限制服务。

10. Productive efficiency occurs when production of one good can not be increased without curtailing production of another good.: 如要增加某一种商品的产量，就必须减少另外一种商品的生产，此时生产效率就高。

11. Concerns about money seem to have been curtailing your social life, but honestly, you don't have to spend a lot to have lots to enjoy.: 对金钱的关注似乎已经缩减你的社交生活，但老实说，你不必花很多有很多的享受。

12. Some who complained online about the curtailing of their summer holidays for enforced 12-hour rehearsals were reportedly contacted by police.: 据报道，警察接触了那些在网上抱怨因强制12小时的彩排而缩短了他们暑假的人。

13. It is the same objection that can be made to alcohol taxes as a means of curtailing drunk driving: most of the people taxed are not drunk drivers.: 这项反对意见也可以适用于用酒精税来减少醉驾的主张：被征税的大部分人都不是醉酒驾车的司机。

14. The height of the city skylines also manifests Shanghai's accomplishment of curtailing its time differences on hardware with a cosmopolitan city.: 上海在缩短与国际大都市硬件上的时差的成绩还体现在城市天际线的高度上。

15. Prof Hawking retains a strong sense of fun and adventure, though respiratory problems are curtailing his ability to travel and in particular to fly.: 霍金依然对娱乐和冒险保持强烈的兴趣，尽管呼吸道问题限制了他旅行，特别是坐飞机。

16. While stressing the need for curtailing sale of such products they urged the concerned bodies for efficacious implementation of tobacco control laws across the country.: 尽管他们强调了阻止这些产品销售的必要性，他们还敦促相关机构在全国范围内有效地执行控烟法律。

17. For those who suspect their multivitamins may be curtailing sleep, the best solution may simply be to take the pills in the morning, or at least several hours before bed.: 对于那些怀疑服用多种维生素会缩短睡眠的人来说，最好的办法就是在早上服用，至少应当在睡前几小时内。

18. Besides curtailing weight gain, eating right will help you replenish antioxidant vitamins and minerals and boost your protection against free radicals created by tobacco smoke.: 正确的饮食不仅可以避免体重的增加，还可以帮助你补充抗氧化维生素和一些矿物质，提高对烟草烟雾产生的自由基的抵抗力。

19. This damage was itself the result of huge underwater mudslides in the Mississippi Delta and played a greater role in curtailing supply than did damage to production facilities.: 这种破损本身是密西西比三角洲水下有大量的泥崩造成的结果，在遏制供应量中发挥了比生产设施损坏还要大的作用。

20. But a global transfer payment system would strengthen the ability to make sure all deals are done by the book, curtailing abuse by agents and fraudulent clubs making excessive and illegal profits.: 这样一个全球转会支付系统也将在确保所有转会交易都依照常规完成、削减球员经纪人费用和防止俱乐部通过欺骗手段非法营利等方面加强作用。

21. The central bank steadied the ruble, which gained 0.5 percent against the dollar last month, by pledging to raise interest rates and curtailing loans that Banks were using to bet against the currency.: 央行通过承诺提高利率并限制了银行用以进行汇率对赌的贷款，稳定了卢布价格：卢布兑美元在上个月上涨了0.5%。

22. So, with more people using libraries and for more different reasons than ever before, does curtailing access to public libraries by cutting their budgets make any sense at all, from any point of view?: 因此，由于更多的人在使用图书馆，而且出于比以往任何时候都更为不同的原因，从而削减公共图书馆的预算，剥夺人们享用公共图书馆的权利，无论从哪一种观点来说，都是根本说不通的！

23. So, with more people using libraries and for more different reasons than ever before, does curtailing access to public libraries by cutting their budgets make any sense at all, from any point of view?: 因此，由于更多的人在使用图书馆，而且出于比以往任何时候都更为不同的原因，从而削减公共图书馆的预算，剥夺人们享用公共图书馆的权利，无论从哪一种观点来说，都是根本说不通的！

用作动词 (v.)

Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
她因病而减少了体育活动。
The government hopes to curtail public spending.
政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
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。
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。
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.

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。

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。

curtail expenditures 节约支出

【近义词】

shorten 弄短
clip 夹住
decrease 减少
restrict 限制
curb 路边
cut back 削减
cut short 中断
condense 浓缩
abbreviate 缩写
limit 限度
contract 合同
restrain 抑制
cut 切
abridge 删节
hold back 阻碍
compress 压缩
rein in 严加控制
reduce 减少
inhibit 抑制
pare down 削减
trim 修剪
whittle 削(木头)
minimize 将 ... 减到最少...
lessen 减少
abate 缓和
abstinence 节制
economize 节约
diminish 减少
stem 柄

curtain curt curtailment curtailedly curtail step curtailed of curtail output curtailed word curtail outlay curtail expenses curtailment n. curtail schedule

展开全文

大家正在查

考试词汇

四级词汇六级词汇英专四级英专八级考研词汇 GRE词汇托福词汇雅思词汇

分类词汇

水果蔬菜花哺乳动物家畜家禽爬行两栖禽鸟鱼类壳类动物昆虫树鹰猪狗龙鸡鸭

curtailing

详细释义

英英释义

双语例句

用法讲解

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

大家正在查

推荐文章

考试词汇

分类词汇