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

• 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。
• 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。
• The credit crisis sweeping around the globe is drastically curtailing shipping activity as shippers cancel contracts with shipowners because of the mounting difficulty of obtaining trade finance.
  席卷全球的信贷危机正在大幅削减航运活动。随着贸易融资日益困难，许多发货人取消了与船东的合同。
• 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。
• If bad weather sets in, one should consider shortening or curtailing the planned route.
  如遇天气变坏，应审慎考虑缩短或取消所计划的行程。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Some cities started curtailing gas supplies to certain businesses.
  一些城市开始限制对部分企业的燃气供应。
• "Political parties will only be curtailing their spending power by backing proposals to curb black money," he says.
  他说：这些政客不可能冒着削减自己开销的危险来支持这个必然会导致他们的黑钱无法使用的提案。