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。
• Macquarie Group, the Australian bank, has shaken up its infrastructure investment business by cutting more than a 10th of its staff, curtailing the life of its latest European Fund and granting investors a discount on fees.
  澳大利亚投资银行麦格理集团（macquariegroup）已重组基础设施投资业务，裁减了逾一成的员工，缩短了旗下最新欧洲基金的寿命，并向投资者提供收费折扣。
• The fiscal deficit should therefore be reduced by curtailing the increases in social spending that the president advocated in his election campaign.
  因此，应通过限制社会支出增加（这是奥巴马在竞选中的主张），来减少财政赤字。
• 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。
• Focus is on supply& not curtailing demand like India.
  关注供给而不像印度缩减需求。
• Some cities started curtailing gas supplies to certain businesses.
  一些城市开始限制对部分企业的燃气供应。
• 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 main negative is that European companies have been curtailing investment, in spite of high generation of free cash flow.
  主要的利淡因素为尽管欧洲企业赚取可观的自由流动现金，但仍持续削减投资。
• Polluting factories have been shut down in Beijing and five surrounding provinces accounting for a quarter of GDP, curtailing activities such as steel, cement and chemicals.
  北京及周边五省（其gdp占中国全国的四分之一）会造成污染的工厂被关闭，导致钢铁、水泥和化学品等生产的缩减。
• Credit markets are gummed up, curtailing company investment and consumer spending.
  信贷市场出现严重危机，对企业投资和消费者开支起到抑制作用。