curtail
[kə:'teil]
v.缩减, 削减, 截短
例句与用法:
John's father curtail his allowance.
约翰的父亲减少了他的零用钱。
Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
她因病而减少了体育活动。
We must try to curtail our spending.
我们必须尽力缩减开支。
The President had to curtail his visit.
总统不得不缩短他的访问日期。
词形变化:
名词: curtailer | 动词过去式: curtailed | 动词过去分词: curtailed | 动词现在分词: curtailing | 动词第三人称单数: curtails |
vt.
缩减, 削减; 缩短, 省略
curtail a speech
缩短演讲稿
The government hopes to curtail public spending.
政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
curtail
过去式:curtailed
过去分词:curtailed
现在进行时:curtailing
词形变化:
名词: curtailer | 动词过去式: curtailed | 动词过去分词: curtailed | 动词现在分词: curtailing | 动词第三人称单数: curtails |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.缩短; 简略
shorten
abbreviate
condense
abridge
contract
reduce
cut
whittle
compress
同义参见:
minimize
lessen
abstinence
stem2
economize
clip1
diminish
abate
decrease1
反义参见:
lengthen
prolong
curtail1[kə:'teil]vt.1.■剪短;缩短,截短;摘要:He curtailed his speech.他缩短了他的演说词。2.■减少;削减:We are curtailed of our expenses.我们的经费被削减了。3.■剥夺…特权:to curtail someone of his citizenship剥夺某人的公民权近义词shorten curtail2['kə:teil]n.1.■= curtail step
curtailcurtail[kə:ˈteil]vt.1.■缩短, 省略(词的一部分); 提早结束(讲话、节目等)2.■剥夺3.■节约, 削减(经费等)curtail a speech缩短讲话curtail one's holidays缩短假期have one's pay curtailed被减薪 “Phone”is a curtailed word.Phone是一个缩略词。
词性变化curtail[kə:ˈteil]n.1.■任何建筑部件的涡卷形末端curtail step楼梯最下面的一级
继承用法curtailedlyadv.curtailern.
[kəːˈteɪl]
verb
- [with obj.](常作 be curtailed)reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
(在程度、数量上)减少,缩减;限制
civil liberties were further curtailed.
公民自由进一步受限制。
■(curtail someone of)(archaic)deprive someone of (something)
(古)剥夺
I that am curtailed of this fair proportion.
就是我被剥夺应得一份。
curtailment
noun
语源
- late 15th cent.: from obsolete curtal 'horse with a docked tail', from French courtault, from court 'short', from Latin curtus. The change in the ending was due to association with tail and perhaps also with French tailler 'to cut'
curtail
动词 curtail:
place restrictions on
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
curtail
■Resources featured by scarcity, high value, un-substitutable, and un-displaceable would lead to sustained competitive advantages and curtail opportunism.
(2)厚实加盟总部之稀少性、价值性、不可替代性、不可模仿性之资源,以及创造持续竞争优势之卓越能力,减少加盟者之投机主义。
■On October 28th Fortescue reversed its long-standing public optimism and announced it would curtail expansion, a huge blow given the importance of scale in efficient mining of iron ore.
10月28日,FMG一改其长期坚持的公开的乐观态度,宣布将限制扩张,这对以规模至上的铁矿石开采是一个重大打击。
■15 Dwarves refuse to curtail harvests of lumber from a forest near their citadel.
15矮人们拒绝削减对他们居住地附近森林中木材的砍伐数量。
■curtail schedule
[经] 债务压缩计划
■"We're going to feel it even before the plant closes because people are going to curtail spending right away," said Joe Polentini Sr.,fearful that his 10-year old bakery won't survive. "We're all in the same boat in this town."
“甚至在工厂关闭以前我匀就会有所感觉,因为人们立刻就紧缩开支,”普伦提尼说,担心他开了十年的点心店无法维持。“在这个镇上我们大家同一命运。”
■“There's nothing here,” the curator said, staggering out of the darkness. “Perhaps you should curtail your alcohol consumption.”
“这什么都没有。”馆长跌跌撞撞地从黑暗中跑来说,“也许你该削减酒的消费量了。”
■Some players said they will curtail practice and workouts.
一些球员表示,他们将制止和实践锻炼。
■A group of dissident lawmakers led by Representatives Ron Kind, Democrat of Wisconsin, and Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, is still pushing a plan to curtail the subsidies sharply.
一群反对派国会议员为首的代表夏种,民主党人威斯康辛及Jeff片状,共和党亚利桑那州仍是推着计划削减补贴尖锐。
■Diminish, lessen, subside, reduce, curtail The rain did not abate the crowd's enthusiasm for the baseball game.
下雨并没有消减观众看棒球比赛的热情。
■But they will not curtail either illegal immigration or illicit working as much as supporters claim.
与支持这类法令的人的意愿相反,这类法令既不能阻止非法移民,也不能阻止非法工作机会的存在。
■it strictly forbids the police to unlawfully deprive citizens of or curtail their freedom of person;
严禁警察非法剥夺、限制公民的人身自由;
■Can a society that has been characterised as a heavily censored society that curtail the free flow of information able to accept developed countries factory management practices in China?
中国是一个信息封闭已久的社会,是否仍能用已开发国家一样的管理模式管理大陆的工厂?
■Still China finds itself hemmed in.If it were to curtail its purchases of dollar-denominated securities drastically, the dollar would likely fall and American interest rates could soar.
中国还发觉自己已进入死胡同,因为如果它果断地削减以美元为标价的证券购买量,美元将可能下跌并且美国利率将会飙升。
■"Break clause; escape clause; jeopardy clause: A clause in a Eurocurrency agreement specifying that, if certain events curtail the lender's activity or the operation of the Euromarkets, other designated actions will come into effect."
中断条款;免责条款:指欧洲货币协定中的一项条款,规定在出现某种妨碍贷款人活动或欧洲共同市场业务的事件时,其他预定的行动将生效。
■Clinicians might use Tong's research on Lnk and its associated signaling pathway to curtail stem cell production and control MPDs.
临床医师可根据Tong关于Lnk的研究及其抑制干细胞生成的相关信号传导途径来控制MPDs。
■Evelyn, born last week, required Ms Johnson to curtail her “typically boozy” social life.The 22-year-old office manager from Blackburn instinctively stopped smoking and gave up alcohol altogether.
为了上周刚出生的小艾维琳,约翰夫人减少了她“酩酊大醉”的社交活动,这位来自布莱克本22岁经理不知不觉中戒烟戒酒。
■In this, his most famous book, Hobbes argues that people are fundamentally selfish and aggressive and will only curtail their natural nastiness out of fear of a powerful leader.
为了冲淡一下自己的这种悲观的世界观,他又接着说,统治者应该是大家公认的应该掌权的人,而不仅仅是拳头最大的那个。
■In a bid to curtail costs, Ford is working to better globalize its future vehicle offerings, with the Blue Oval's North American operations set to take a big role in that plan.
为了削减成本,福特汽车正在努力,以更好地全球化及其未来汽车产品,蓝色椭圆形的北美业务将采取一个大的作用,该计划。
■Yudhoyono's call has seen public servants ride bicycles to work, curtail air conditioning use and shed their business suits in favour of lighter clothing, such as batik shirts.
为响应总统号召,许多公务员们每天骑自行车上班,并开始减少空调的使用,同时也将工作装换成了蜡染衬衫等轻便服装。
■One can stop drinking and therefore curtail the inevitable consequences, but it is clearly impossible to stop sleeping.
人们可以通过戒酒,以防酒精带来的不可避免的后果,但要一个人不睡觉显然是不可能的。
■"They would give up social life, and curtail their family life too, in order to pursue the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."
他们不惜放弃社交生活,减少与家人共处的时间,为的是追求理想彩虹尽头的那一桶金。
■They will be trying to curtail expenses by finding ways to reduce their recurring expenses.
他们将试图削减开支,设法减少其经常性开支。
■But the last thing China wants is militarily strengthened Japanese and South Korean states that would curtail Beijing's own power in the Pacific.
但中国最不想看到的是军事力量大增的日本和韩国宣布要遏制中国在太平洋的军事势力。
■You'd better curtail your report.
你最好缩短你的报告。
■Your love life may show an upswing at month's end, just after the new moon, March 26, but financial considerations may curtail your plans.
你的爱情生活将在这个月末有上升趋势。就在这个新月之后,3月26日。但是财政方面的考虑将可能使你不得不缩减你的计划。
■The Russians are also neurotically keen to curtail the activities of non-governmental organisations.
俄国还神经质的热衷于缩减非官方组织的活动。
■If anywhere there are efforts tending to curtail the fullest growth of the Negro, let these efforts be turned into stimulating, encouraging and making him the most useful and intelligent citizen.
假如存在着不让黑人充份发展的阻力,那麽应该把这种阻力转化为动力,刺激鼓励黑人,使他们成为最聪明有用的公民。
■Unanimity minus two (or U-2), does not permit two individual delegates to block a decision, but tends to curtail debate with a lone dissenter more quickly.
共识决策法 是指一种决策过程,不仅追求参与者的多数的同意,而且还解决和减轻少数人的反对以达成最多同意的决策。
■The loss of this sizeable chunk of rural incomes casts doubt on government hopes that consumption-driven growth could one day curtail traditional over-reliance on exports.
农村收入的大量减少,使得政府所希望的消费引擎的增长能够降低传统上对于出口的过分依赖,成为疑题。
■curtail inflation
减少通货膨胀
■To cut short; curtail.
减短;缩小
■Several authors have noted that flower and cone production should curtail wood increment
几位作者都注意到,花和球果的产生会削弱木材的生长。
■Echoing the RAND report, General Dan McNeill, who just relinquished his post as NATO commander in Afghanistan, says such deals only feed cross-border attacks, not curtail them.
刚刚卸任的北约部队驻阿富汗部队前指挥官麦克尼尔将军赞同兰德公司研究报告的看法,他说,这种和平协议只会助长越境袭击,不会起制约作用。
■curtail output
削减产量
■curtail expenses
削减开支
■curtail government expenditure
削减政府开支
■curtail credits to enterprises
削减贷款
■curtail expenditure; whittle down cost
削减费用
■to curtail someone of his citizenship
剥夺某人的公民权
■an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss
努力使损失减少到最低点
■an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss.
努力使损失减少到最低点。
■Just curtail the oddments and keep the integers.
去掉零头只保留整数就行了。
■Why is it that we have only the courage to resort to anonymous blogs, while if the identity is public then you have to severely curtail what you dare say?
又是什麽原因,我们只有敢于诉诸匿名博客,而如果身份是公共然后你必须严厉制止什麽,你敢说吗?
■Opponents claim that the new constitution will impose a dogmatic socialism, curtail human rights and undermine property rights and the rule of law.
反对者声称新宪法将会强加一种教条式的社会主义,削弱人权和财产权以及法律的统治力。
■But periodic economic dislocations, such as "The Panic of 1837," did not curtail rapid U.S. economic growth during the 19th century.
可是像“1837年大恐慌”那样的周期性经济紊乱并没有阻碍19世纪美国经济的迅速发展。
■Taiwan government curtail public spending for buying weapons.
台湾当局缩减公共支出来买武器。
■Fellow Portuguese youth international Manuel Fernandes last week sought to curtail comparisons between Nani and Ronaldo, but Vaz Te cannot resist drawing parallels.
同样是纳尼国奥队队友的曼纽尔·费尔南德斯上个星期表示尽量不要拿纳尼和罗纳尔多比较,但瓦斯特却忍不住走与费尔南德斯相反的轨道。
■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。
■Therefore the decision to curtail emissions is a very serious one and it is clear that these decisions will also cause hardship in poor and in rich countries.
因此,做出减少排放的决定是一件非常严肃的事情,而且,这样的决定无论对于穷国还是富国来说,都将带来难题。
■Given this, China will continue to take measures to curtail the trend of deflation
因此,我们还要采取措施继续遏制通缩的趋势。