curtailing

英 [kɜːˈteɪlɪŋ]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪlɪŋ]

v.  限制; 缩短; 减缩
curtail的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• This, he wrote in 1919, will ultimately result in the curtailing of the reproduction of feeble-mindedness.
  这项工作，他1919年写道，最终将导致减少有智力缺陷的人口的繁殖。
• The main negative is that European companies have been curtailing investment, in spite of high generation of free cash flow.
  主要的利淡因素为尽管欧洲企业赚取可观的自由流动现金，但仍持续削减投资。
• Analysts say investors are becoming increasingly worried that funding problems among financial institutions could drive the faltering US economy into a recession next year, curtailing global economic growth.
  分析师表示，投资者越来越担心金融机构的融资问题可能使目前步履蹒跚的美国经济于明年陷入衰退，从而遏制全球经济增长。
• Power plants in Jiangsu and Hubei provinces and the city of Shanghai were curtailing operations.
  江苏、湖北和上海的发电厂运营受限。
• Many companies are mothballing mines and curtailing exploration to conserve cash as prices tumble.
  由于价格暴跌，许多公司封存矿山、减少勘探以保存现金。
• During the course of successfully controlling inflation and effectively curtailing the trend of deflation, China has accumulated rich macro-control experiences.
  在成功地治理通货膨胀和有效地抑制通货紧缩趋势的过程中，中央积累了丰富的宏观调控经验。
• Guarding Against Inflation While Curtailing Deflation Never suppress specific compiler warnings.
  既要抑制通缩，又要警惕通胀永远不要抑制特定的编译警告（图略）。
• Credit markets are gummed up, curtailing company investment and consumer spending.
  信贷市场出现严重危机，对企业投资和消费者开支起到抑制作用。
• 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。
• Countries can develop while curtailing climate change if they are'climate-smart ', the World Bank has said in a major new report.
  世界银行在一份重大的新报告中说，如果各国是“气候灵巧”的，它们就可以在发展的同时减少气候变化。