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

• Power plants in Jiangsu and Hubei provinces and the city of Shanghai were curtailing operations.
  江苏、湖北和上海的发电厂运营受限。
• "Political parties will only be curtailing their spending power by backing proposals to curb black money," he says.
  他说：这些政客不可能冒着削减自己开销的危险来支持这个必然会导致他们的黑钱无法使用的提案。
• 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。
• However, when PDVSA, the national oil company, was unable to meet its debt-for-oil repayment schedules, it was forced to borrow from the central bank, contributing to the hard currency shortage that is fuelling inflation and curtailing imports of food.
  但是，当委内瑞拉国家石油公司（PDVSA）无法履行其债务换石油还款计划时，它被迫从央行借钱，从而加剧了硬通货短缺，助长通胀，妨碍食品进口。
• 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。
• Some cities started curtailing gas supplies to certain businesses.
  一些城市开始限制对部分企业的燃气供应。
• Many companies are mothballing mines and curtailing exploration to conserve cash as prices tumble.
  由于价格暴跌，许多公司封存矿山、减少勘探以保存现金。
• Credit markets are gummed up, curtailing company investment and consumer spending.
  信贷市场出现严重危机，对企业投资和消费者开支起到抑制作用。
• Focus is on supply& not curtailing demand like India.
  关注供给而不像印度缩减需求。
• Hong Kong economics would mean curtailing U.S. welfare and benefit programs, but Detroiters seem to have found the holes in the social safety net already.
  如果在经济上借用香港的方法，将意味着削减美国的福利和优惠计划，但底特律人似乎已经感受到了社会安全网上的破洞。