curtailment

英 [kɜːˈteɪlmənt]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪlmənt]

n.  减缩; 缩短; 限制

复数：curtailments　

经济

BNC.22731 / COCA.27953

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 减缩;缩短;限制
  Thecurtailment ofsomething is the act of reducing or limiting it.
  1. ...a considerable curtailment of military spending.
     军费开支的大幅减缩
  2. ...the curtailment of presidential power.
     对总统权力的限制

英英释义

noun

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
  Synonym:retrenchmentdownsizing
• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  1. a suppression of the newspaper
  Synonym:suppression
• the temporal property of being cut short

双语例句

• Apart from the great curtailment of inventiveness, this schematism may be harmless for small-scale works, but when applied to large-scale, tectonic projects it leads to monstrosities.
  和创造性的削减分开，这个系统性组合可能对小比例的作品是无害的，但应用到大比例时，对于构造的项目，它可能导致畸形。
• To avoid further curtailment of service during hajj, assist passengers in boarding replacement buses at the designated pick up points.
  朝觐期间为防止降低服务水平，帮助乘客在指定接送点换乘汽车。
• Our ability to pay has fallen, government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income;
  我们的支付能力下降，各级政府面临收入的严重萎缩；
• The development in network information technology has greatly raised exchange efficiency organization efficiency, and promoted the exchange curtailment and transparency efficiently, which has promoted the curtailment of the administrative organization. The traditional administrative structure has faced restructure.
  网络与信息技术的发展，大大提高了交易效率和组织效率，促成了沟通高效平台化和决策过程透明化，推动行政组织结构的扁平化，传统行政体制面临着结构性重组。
• In transaction curtailment study, different transaction curtailment models using different types of curtailment objectives.
  在交易裁减的研究中，不同的交易裁减模型采用了不同类型的裁减目标。
• Suffrage: At the same time, we believe that this class of American citizens should protest emphatically and continually against the curtailment of their political rights.
  选举权：同时，我们认为美国公民中的这一阶级应着重不断地反对剥夺他们的政治权利。
• In transmission management, transaction curtailment is the last resort for relieving congestion to maintain system reliability.
  在输电网管理中，交易裁减是实现阻塞消除的最后一道防线。
• More than half the participants focused on conservation by curtailment: switching off the lights, changing thermostat settings and driving less.
  超过半数的受访者认为减少使用是节能重点例如关灯、调节温度器设置以及少开车。
• Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment.
  以减少或减缩为特点，或者导致减少或减缩。
• The curtailment of military aid from the us.
  美国军事援助的减少。