curtailed

英 [kɜːˈteɪld]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪld]

v.  限制; 缩短; 减缩
curtail的过去分词和过去式

过去式：curtailed　过去分词：curtailed　

BNC.46269 / COCA.40615

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

• In practice, these freedoms have proved to be distinctly curtailed for China's citizens.
  而实践层面上，事实证明，这些中国公民本应享受的自由被确定无疑地剥夺了。
• Central banks feared counterparty risk for the first time in 20 years and substantially curtailed gold lending and sales.
  各国央行20年来第一次开始担心对手方风险，并大幅削减了黄金借贷和销售规模。
• Budget cuts have drastically curtailed training programs.
  预算削减极大程度地减少了培训项目。
• Tax receipts, curtailed by tax competition, often do not allow the funding of social programmes.
  因税收竞争而减少的税收收入常常无法为社会计划提供资金。
• The annual hunt was curtailed last year because of clashes between whalers and conservationists.
  去年由于捕鲸者和保育人士发生冲突而日本提前结束了这个年度捕鲸行动。
• 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。
• A sudden fog came on, and she curtailed her walk.
  一阵突如其来的浓雾使她缩短了散步的路程。
• But now that this has been curtailed by protective parents, children are roaming in cyber space instead.
  但现在，想保护孩子的父母限制了这些活动，因此孩子们转而在网络空间中漫游。
• Our discussion was abruptly curtailed.
  我们的讨论突兀地被缩短了。
• If import supplies of oil are suddenly curtailed, our national purchasing power will be lower.
  如果石油的进口供应量突然减少，那么，我们的国民购买力就会下降。