curtail
英[kɜː'teɪl] 美[kɜːr'teɪl]
"curtail drinking in school"
"My speech was cut short"
"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
1.缩短;减缩;限制
If youcurtail something, you reduce or limit it.
curtail
e.g. NATO plans tocurtail 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。
e.g. I told Louie that old age wouldcurtail her activities in time...
我告诉路易,一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。
1. 削减:在欧洲大陆和拉丁美洲,当一些天主教领袖紧抓过时的神权理念不放的时候,自由思想的自由派们(freethinking liberals)有时使用了国家力量去削减(curtail)天主教教会的影响.
2. 缩减:cursor 指针 |curtail 缩减 | curtain air 气垫空气
3. 剥夺:curse 诅咒 |curtail 剥夺 | curtain 窗帘
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。
Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
购书开支已被大大削减。
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。
['u4e0d'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd]the curtailment of civil liberties
对公民自由的限制
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。
The President had to curtail his visit.
总统不得不缩短他的访问日期.
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.
The city also plans to ban smoking in public places and curtail pollution during the event.
上海还计划在公共场所禁烟,禁止汽车鸣喇叭,并会在世博会期间削减污染.
The minister had to curtail his visit.
部长不得不缩短访问日期.
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.
But the aim of the government and its technocrats is to curtail and destroy those movements.
但政府的目的和它的技术官僚,是遏制和消灭那些动作.
It threatens to curtail a modest recovery in consumer spending on items like apparel and electronics.
高油价将威胁到消费者在服饰与电子产品消费上的适度复苏.
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.
We must try to curtail our spending.
我们必须尽力缩减开支.
He was determined to keep to his plan until circumstances compelled him to curtail it.
他决定坚持他的计划,除非环境迫使他放弃.
To curtail worsening of environment within the ecosystem function reserves , and make progress in good way.
实现生态功能保护区社会经济走可持续发展道路.
Rules also curtail activity in these products, and volume has remained small since last month's debut.
这些产品的交易活动也受到规则的限制, 自上个月开始以来,其成交量一直很低.
But they will not curtail either illegal immigration or illicit working as much as supporters claim.
与支持这类法令的人的意愿相反,这类法令既不能阻止非法移民,也不能阻止非法工作机会的存在.
Several authors have noted that flower and cone production should curtail wood increment.
几位作者都注意到,花和球果的产生会削弱木材的生长.
Again the purpose of this action was to curtail inflation.
此行动的目的在于抑制通货膨胀.
Children with the defect need to curtail activities because of risk of bleeding from minor trauma.
存在此缺陷的儿童需要限制活动以降低因微小创伤发生出血的风险.
The government hopes to curtail public spending.
政府希望缩减公共事业开支.
The move to sharply curtail showings of the movie highlights China's efforts to limit foreign films.
给《阿凡达》的放映踩下刹车的举措彰显出中国限制外国电影的努力.
The findings could lead to strategies that help curtail transmission of the disease.
该发现可能帮助我们制定出有助于降低流感传播的对策.
Given this, China will continue to take measures to curtail the trend of deflation.
因此, 我们还要采取措施继续遏制通缩的趋势.
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。
The freedom of expression..may have to be curtailed when it threatens the security of the state.
出自:A. J. AyerMy account is curtailed, but omits nothing of substance.
出自:I. Murdoch