curtail
美 [kɜrˈteɪl] 
英 [kɜː(r)ˈteɪl]
词形变化
第三人称单数：curtails 现在分词：curtailing 过去式：curtailed 反义词
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英汉双解
1. | ~ sth 限制；缩短；减缩to limit sth or make it last for a shorter time |
| Spending on books has been severely curtailed. 购书开支已被大大削减。 |
| The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off. 那次讲座被突然鸣响的火警中断了。 |
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He explains that his wife would not allow her marriage to curtail her freedom or her need for adventure.
他解释说，他的妻子不允许她的婚姻剥夺她的自由或者对冒险的渴求。
Yes they'd take a bath on them if they were to do it but, It would severely curtail the U. S. Governments ability to borrow.
是的，他们会对自己进行一场洗礼，如果他们这样做，这将严重削减美国政府的借款能力。
Red Shirt leaders told reporters they were ready to negotiate if the army ends its efforts to forcibly curtail the spread of protests.
红衫军领导人对媒体记者说，如果军方停止强行收缩示威范围，他们随时可以谈判。
Mr Rato said the credit squeeze was a "serious crisis" that was not over yet and would curtail growth worldwide.
拉托指出，信贷紧缩是一场尚未结束的“严重危机”，将在全球范围内抑制增长。
Ordering banks to stop lending is a remarkably effective way of reining in loan growth, even if it does little to curtail investment.
（政府）命令银行停止放贷，是一种相当有效的控制贷款增长的办法，即便这对于抑制投资几乎没什么作用。
He said that could have helped to curtail investor fears that further problems were in the offing.
他表示，那将有助于减轻投资者对于该行还会出现更多问题的担忧。
Analysts warned that the increase in retail prices could now boost Chinese demand, rather than curtail it, at least in the short term.
分析师警告称，就目前而言，零售价格上调可能推高国内需求，而非遏制需求，至少短期内将会如此。
Some experts suggest simply trying to curtail the amount of time you spend online.
有些专家建议直接减少在网上花费的时间。
But Mr. Panetta said he knew of no moves by Beijing to curtail relations in response to the sale.
但帕内塔说，他知道北京并没有因此采取措施减弱双边关系。
For Watanabe, the calls to curtail power gave him a sense of pride.
对渡边而言，人们要求削减电力供应的呼声让然感到自豪。
The only feasible way to curtail population growth, is to resort to a more effective birth-control project.
要想减少人口增长，唯一可行的方法就是借助更有效的生育控制项目。
Blinder: a pair of leather flaps attached to a horse's bridle to curtail side vision.
马的眼罩：系在马勒上缩短侧面视线的一对皮罩。
French and German leaders are pushing to limit the size of banks and curtail bank bonuses -- moves opposed by the U. S. and U. K.
法国和德国倾向于限制银行的规模并缩减银行的奖金，而美国和英国则对此持反对态度。
Any attempt to curtail speculation, by contrast, is likely to make life harder for firms and oil more expensive.
任何减少投机的尝试，相反，很可能使公司的日子更艰难，石油的价格更昂贵。
That will be unpopular, judging by the public outcry when AT&T recently said it was looking at ways to curtail data traffic.
这会是不受欢迎的，以最近AT&T宣传将寻求渠道削减数据流量为例，公众表现出不满。
So the plan might slow the steady creep up in whaling. But it wouldn't halt, or even curtail, the current hunt.
所以这项计划也许可以减缓捕鲸活动稳步增长的态势，但是不能终止，甚至不能减少目前的捕杀量。
Opposition lawmakers Monday put forward a draft constitution that would curtail the powers of the president.
反对党议员星期一提出了一个限制总统权限的宪法草案。
Nothing is sacrificed to curtail its length; the only concession is to remove the footnotes from the text.
书中没有为缩减篇幅而牺牲内容，唯一妥协的地方就是从正文中删去了注解。
They will seek a treaty change to curtail the powers of renegade governments to break the rules of the system.
它们将谋求更改条约，以限制那些图谋“叛变”国家的能力，使它们无法违反联盟的规则。
and curtail the appetite, maybe, for excess and to look around and think we are part of a global interdependent whole entity, organism.
也许我们也要缩减过剩的需求。环顾世界，想想在这个地球上，整个实体是相互依存的，我们是其中的一部分。
Other officials have said Pakistan would curtail intelligence cooperation with the U. S. in the event of another such attack.
该国其他官员也说过，美国若再发动一场这样的袭击，巴基斯坦将减少与美国的情报合作。
Yes, staying hydrated throughout the day is great for your body, but curtail your fluid intake before bed.
是的，白天饮水充足对你的身体非常有益，但是在睡前，你需要控制液体摄入。
The U. S. Dollar complies with the market economy rules to increase or curtail the exploitation of crude oil for stable prices.
我美元顺应市场经济规律，及时增加和削减原油的开采量，跑证价格稳。
curtail financial damage dungeon : A dark, often underground chamber or cell used to confine prisoners.
用来关押犯人的黑暗的，一般为地下的房间或小室
Agreeing on a shared strategy to curtail short-lived pollutants would be a good way for all of them to start.
达成共同战略的一致，减少短命污染物将是这些国家付诸行动的好方法。
As a rule of thumb, aperture webs should be no less than the stencil thickness to curtail bridging defects.
为了减少连锡孔网应不少于钢网厚度。
They unceasingly attempt to mutilate, to curtail, to obstruct personal freedom in any and all ways.
他们不断地试图从各个方面消灭、剥夺、限制个人自由。
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。
Having an established and well-informed plan will curtail some of the panic that comes with security intrusions.
拥有确定和周密的计划会减少安全入侵所带来的一些恐慌。
Governments in most of the industrialized nations adopted a variety of policies to curtail or prohibit cigarette smoking.
大部分发达国家的政府都采取了一系列的政策来降低或禁止吸烟。
EVEN the fiercest free-market advocates would concede that governments can justly intervene to curtail businesses that become too powerful.
即便是最狂热的自由市场信徒也不得不承认，政府能够进行公正的市场干涉来削弱某些变得过于强大的企业。
Republicans also say Environmental Protection Agency regulations inhibit business activity and curtail the ability to create jobs.
共和党还认为，环保署的规定约束企业活动，限制企业创造就业的能力。
Results indicate that NSTs and certified nutrition support clinicians can curtail preventable spending from inappropriate PN use.
结果指出NST和经认证的营养支持专家可减少PN不当引起的可避免费用。
The city also plans to ban smoking in public places, stop cars from honking their horns and curtail pollution during the event.
上海还计划在公共场所禁烟，禁止汽车鸣喇叭，并会在世博会期间削减污染。
As species wither, the marine food chain could be disrupted; human action is needed to curtail further acidification.
随着物种萧条，海洋食物链可能会被扰乱；削减进一步的酸化需要人类的行动。
The Professional Footballers' Association would hardly advocate any changes that might curtail members' income.
球员工会自然很难去赞同任何可能导致其成员收入减少的变化。
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。
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。
In the Shanghai planning bureau, a senior official responds to a question about the PBOC guidelines to curtail credit.
在上海计划局里，一位高级官员对中国人民银行抑制信贷的指导原则这个问题做出了回应。
One major tax expenditure that the Bowles-Simpson plan would curtail or eliminate is the mortgage interest deduction.
波尔斯-辛普森计划削减或者废除的一项主要税式支出就是“抵押贷款利息扣除。”
