curtail

verb

1. 限制；缩短；减缩
   to limit sth or make it last for a shorter time
   1. Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
      购书开支已被大大削减。
   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。

1. VERB 缩短;减缩;限制
   If you curtail something, 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。

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。
4. 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。
5. Having an established and well-informed plan will curtail some of the panic that comes with security intrusions.
   拥有确定和周密的计划会减少安全入侵所带来的一些恐慌。
6. However real-name registration will also curtail people's ability to report, often anonymously, corruption and official abuses.
   然而，实名登记制还将限制人们在网上举报官员腐败和滥用职权，这些举报通常是匿名进行的。
7. We had to curtail the size of the party because the larger room was no longer available.
   我们必须缩减晚会的规模，因为已经找不到大一点的厅了。
8. Any measures to curtail credit default swap trading could have a bigger impact, however.
   然而，任何限制信用违约互换（cds）交易的措施，都可能带来更大的冲击。
9. But how many Americans would vote for the politician that promises to curtail or end such programs?
   可要是一位政治家承诺缩减或是不再实施这些计划，又有多少选民愿意投票给他呢？
10. Since it was near closing time, we had to curtail our discussion.
    因为商店快关门了，我们不得不提前结束了讨论。
11. The most important, is to curtail the offeror's power to withdraw his offer.
    最为重要的，是削减要约人撤回他的要约的权利。
12. That would do more to curtail moral hazard than a perfect mechanism that cannot be used.
    与一个不可能使用的完美机制相比，这将在更大程度上降低道德风险。
13. One of the reasons people curtail their spending is because they lose their jobs.
    人们减少支出的原因之一是，他们失去了工作。
14. He said that could have helped to curtail investor fears that further problems were in the offing.
    他表示，那将有助于减轻投资者对于该行还会出现更多问题的担忧。
15. Millions of households will soon have little choice but to sharply curtail their consumption.
    数百万家庭毫无选择，为了还债不得不急剧缩减他们的日常消费。
16. To curtail the extra effect, and uses the measured sufficiently, slide multinomial fitting model is put forward.
    为了更加充分的利用观测信息，减少外界因素影响，提出了滑动多项式拟合模型。
17. They feared that China would drastically curtail the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents.
    他们担心中国会大幅度地减少香港公民的权利和自由。
18. The government hopes to curtail public spending.
    政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
19. He added that the low price would drive some producers to curtail output, allowing the price to rise.
    他还指出，价格的低迷将促使一些生产商削减产出，从而为价格上涨提供了空间。
20. 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。
21. This would curtail demand and, ultimately, price pressures.
    这会抑制需求，最终降低物价压力。
22. Some players said they will curtail practice and workouts.
    一些球员表示，他们将制止和实践锻炼。
23. Higher policy interest rates disrupt this process only if they undermine economic growth, curtail the flow of investor funds to "alternatives" and widen risk spreads in debt markets.
    只有较高的政策利率破坏了经济增长，缩减了投资者转向“可选”投资渠道的资金流，扩大了债市的风险息差，加息才会中断上述过程。
24. Social and political pressures have also made it difficult to curtail benefits or reduce total public expenditure.
    社会和政治的压力也使各国政府难以削减公共福利或降低公共开支总额。
25. 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。
26. The same state controls employed to curtail general political debate can also be used to control protests against them.
    用于压制一般政治辩论的国家控制手段，同样可用于控制针对这些跨国公司的抗议。
27. Results indicate that NSTs and certified nutrition support clinicians can curtail preventable spending from inappropriate PN use.
    结果指出NST和经认证的营养支持专家可减少PN不当引起的可避免费用。
28. 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。
29. It also scrapped or lowered a range of export rebates to curtail mounting exports and curb excessive production.
    同时也削减呵降低了一部分出口退款来减缩和遏制增多的出口产品。
30. Even the very wealthy have to curtail their expenditure when the value of their stock portfolios decline.
    当股票投资组合价值下跌时，即使非常富有的人也不得不减少支出。

verb

1. place restrictions on
   1. curtail drinking in school

   Synonym:    restrictcurbcut back

2. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
   1. My speech was cut short
   2. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

   Synonym:    clipcut short