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。
• Moreover, natural resources groups are responding to the drop in prices by curtailing their expansion projects.
  另外，通过削减扩张项目，自然资源集团正对价格下跌做出回应。
• However, food aid from China and South Korea, which supplied nearly 400,000 tons, last year allowed North Korea to order international aid agencies out of the country, curtailing the work of the WFP itself.
  然而，中国和韩国对朝鲜的粮食援助，令朝鲜在去年下令一些国际援助机构撤离，并中断了世界粮食计划署在朝鲜的工作。韩国去年向朝鲜供应了近40万吨粮食。
• "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。
• Focus is on supply& not curtailing demand like India.
  关注供给而不像印度缩减需求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The credit crisis sweeping around the globe is drastically curtailing shipping activity as shippers cancel contracts with shipowners because of the mounting difficulty of obtaining trade finance.
  席卷全球的信贷危机正在大幅削减航运活动。随着贸易融资日益困难，许多发货人取消了与船东的合同。
• Interest equalization tax: A tax on foreign investments for the purpose of curtailing the outflow of private funds.
  利息平衡税：为减少私人资金的外流而对外国投资征收的一种税。