curtails

英 [kɜːˈteɪlz]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪlz]

v.  限制; 缩短; 减缩
curtail的第三人称单数

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

• Conclusion Sanhuang-calamine mixture yields satisfactory results in treating newborn's abscess and curtails the course of the disease and therefore worth popularization.
  目的观察三黄炉甘石混合液治疗新生儿脓疱疮的效果。
• Having long hair is like wearing six-inch heels: it requires an awful lot of effort and seriously curtails your freedom.
  留长发就像穿上六英寸的高跟鞋，绝对难搞、严重束缚自由。
• Economists said that the strong export data meant it was less likely the central bank would cut interest rates any time soon to prop up the economy, especially when high inflation curtails consumers 'spending power.
  经济学家表示，强劲的出口数据，意味着韩国央行近期降息以提振经济的可能性下降，特别是在高通胀率削弱了消费者支出能力的情况下。
• He said the ban curtails freedom of choice for an age group considered mature enough to make many other important decisions.
  他说，这项禁令限制了一个年龄层的选择自由，这个年龄层的人被认为足够成熟，可以在其它方面做出重要决定。
• It curtails the teaching time and improves the teaching quality.
  缩短了教学时间，优化和提高了教学质量；
• Kim Jong-il and his father, North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung, have ruled the state through a personality cult that curtails access to information.
  金正日（KimJong-il）和父亲、朝鲜创建者金日成（Kimil-sung）通过个人崇拜来统治这个国家，这种个人崇拜限制了人们获取信息的渠道。
• Mr Greenspan warned that the US budget imbalance will worsen unless congress curtails government spending.
  在评论中，格林斯潘先生警告说若国会不削减政府开支，美国预算不平衡状况将会恶化。
• The obsequious brush curtails truth in deference to the canvas which is narrow.
  谄媚的画笔迁就狭窄的画布而削减了真实。
• The charge discharge cycling life of hydrogen storage alloy electrode curtails with reducing the powder size because attenuation rate for the charge discharge cycling life of the bigger powder size is less than that of the smaller one.
  由于粉末粒度大的电极负极充放电循环寿命的衰减率小于粉末粒度小的衰减率，所以随粉末粒度的减小，储氢合金电极材料充放电循环寿命缩短。
• It furthest curtails each layered time of supporting construction, thereby to control available distortion of ach layered side wall, and insures the whole stabilization of foudation pit.
  最大限度地缩短各分层的支护施工时间，从而有效控制各阶段边壁的变形，确保基坑边壁整体稳定。