curtail

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◎ 单词释义

v.缩减;削减;截短

名词: curtailer 过去式: curtailed 过去分词: curtailed 现在分词: curtailing 第三人称单数: curtails

/">成人英语雅思单词大全n.(名词)

    vt. 截断,缩短 cut back;shorten

    verb

    1. place restrictions on

    e.g. curtail drinking in school

    Synonym: restrictcurbcut back

    2. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

    e.g. My speech was cut short
    Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

    Synonym: clipcut short

    1. 缩短;减缩;限制
    If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.

    curtail

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

    1. 削减:在欧洲大陆和拉丁美洲,当一些天主教领袖紧抓过时的神权理念不放的时候,自由思想的自由派们(freethinking liberals)有时使用了国家力量去削减(curtail)天主教教会的影响.

    2. 缩减:cursor 指针 | curtail 缩减 | curtain air 气垫空气

    3. 剥夺:curse 诅咒 | curtail 剥夺 | curtain 窗帘

    以上就是本站详细整理的词语curtail是什么意思的翻译解释,供大家参考一下。

curtail的用法及例句:

Meanwhile, Russia may curtail exports.(同时俄罗斯也将削减出口。)

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。)

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。)

Whether it will greatly curtail gold farming remains to be seen.(至于这是否会在很大程度上遏制打金业还要拭目以待。)

Perhaps you should curtail your alcohol consumption.(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。”)

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。)

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。)

But I don't want it seriously to curtail my longevity.(但我真的不想让抽烟缩短我的寿命。)

He guessed it could curtail 20 to 30 percent of the magazine's articles.(他猜测这份杂志的文章可能会缩减20%至30%。)

The state could not curtail such activities without inflaming the entire populace, although it periodically tried.(国家不能在不激怒全体民众的情况下缩减这种企业活动,尽管它做过周期性的尝试。)

用作名词(n.)

Since I've lost my job I have to curtail our spending.
既然我没有了工作,我得减少花销。

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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。

The freedom of expression..may have to be curtailed when it threatens the security of the state.