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

• 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。
• As the consumer is not in the business to make profits through curtailing energy, the unsatisfied demand has to be acquired through balancing market, at periods closer to intended consumption.
  由于用户不参与通过削减供电量来牟利的商业运作，因此未得到满足的用户需求只能从平衡市场中在更接近于预期用电的时段中获得。
• Productive efficiency occurs when production of one good can not be increased without curtailing production of another good.
  如要增加某一种商品的产量，就必须减少另外一种商品的生产，此时生产效率就高。
• 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。
• Interest equalization tax: A tax on foreign investments for the purpose of curtailing the outflow of private funds.
  利息平衡税：为减少私人资金的外流而对外国投资征收的一种税。
• 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。
• Curtailing Saudi production, in particular, would be a huge shock to markets.
  沙特阿拉伯产量下降，对市场的冲击会尤其严重。
• The credit crisis sweeping around the globe is drastically curtailing shipping activity as shippers cancel contracts with shipowners because of the mounting difficulty of obtaining trade finance.
  席卷全球的信贷危机正在大幅削减航运活动。随着贸易融资日益困难，许多发货人取消了与船东的合同。
• 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。
• Analysts said that the economic slowdown in Europe was already curtailing consumption.
  分析师表示，欧洲经济减速已经抑制了消费。