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

• Analysts said that the economic slowdown in Europe was already curtailing consumption.
  分析师表示，欧洲经济减速已经抑制了消费。
• International Customs Valuation System and the curtailing of non-tariff barriers; raise tariff walls against foreign goods
  国际海关估价制度与削减非关税壁垒建立关税壁垒以抵制舶来品
• The fiscal deficit should therefore be reduced by curtailing the increases in social spending that the president advocated in his election campaign.
  因此，应通过限制社会支出增加（这是奥巴马在竞选中的主张），来减少财政赤字。
• 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。
• 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。
• Macquarie Group, the Australian bank, has shaken up its infrastructure investment business by cutting more than a 10th of its staff, curtailing the life of its latest European Fund and granting investors a discount on fees.
  澳大利亚投资银行麦格理集团（macquariegroup）已重组基础设施投资业务，裁减了逾一成的员工，缩短了旗下最新欧洲基金的寿命，并向投资者提供收费折扣。
• Curtailing Saudi production, in particular, would be a huge shock to markets.
  沙特阿拉伯产量下降，对市场的冲击会尤其严重。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。