curtail
英[kɜː'teɪl]
美[kɜːr'teɪl]
- v. 缩减；削减；截短
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详细释义
- vt. 截断，缩短 cut back;shorten
n. (名词)
英英释义
Verb:
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place restrictions on;
"curtail drinking in school"
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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;
"My speech was cut short"
"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Again the purpose of this action was to curtail inflation.
- 此行动的目的在于抑制通货膨胀.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 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。
用作动词 (v.)
- 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。
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- 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。
用作名词 (n.)
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.
用法讲解
- curtail expenditures 节约支出
相关词汇
- shorten 弄短
- clip 夹住
- decrease 减少
- restrict 限制
- curb 路边
- cut back 削减
- cut short 中断
- condense 浓缩
- abbreviate 缩写
- limit 限度
- contract 合同
- restrain 抑制
- cut 切
- abridge 删节
- hold back 阻碍
- compress 压缩
- rein in 严加控制
- reduce 减少
- inhibit 抑制
- pare down 削减
- trim 修剪
- whittle 削(木头)
- minimize 将 ... 减到最少...
- lessen 减少
- abate 缓和
- abstinence 节制
- economize 节约
- diminish 减少
- stem 柄
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