curtail

美音：[kɜr'teɪl] 英音：[kɜː(r)'teɪl]

简单释义：

v.缩短；限制；减缩

网络削减；缩减；剥夺

变形：

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

完整释义：

1.减少,缩减,削减,减弱
2.缩短,省略(讲话、节目等)
3.缩短;简化
4.少作,抑制
5.制止,消除
6.削减,节减(经费等)
7.褫夺,剥夺(特权、官衔等)
8.遮断
9.减小
10.降低

例句：

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。

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