• 基础释义
• 例句
• 柯林斯词典释义

• Their public health programme had to be severely curtailed. 他们的公共卫生计划不得不大大收缩。
• She looks nice whether her hair is curtailed shoulder length. 不论她的头发剪短也好,披肩也好,看上去都很舒服.
• A sudden fog came on, and she curtailed her walk. 一阵突如其来的浓雾使她缩短了散步的路程.
• -- Grain losses can be curtailed. -- 节约粮食有潜力.
• His powers will be severely curtailed. 他的权力将受到极大的限制。
• As far as Africans are concerned, both these avenues of advancement are deliberately curtailed by legislation. 就南非黑人而言, 这两条向上发展之路均受到立法的蓄意限制.
• I eschewed upbraiding, I curtailed remonstrance. 我避免责备,少作规劝.
• The expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed. 他们高调的奢华生活很快就结束了.

• VERB
  缩短;减缩;限制
  If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
  例句
  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。 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。