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curtailed

/ker-teyl/US // kərˈteɪl //UK // (kɜːˈteɪl) //

缩减,缩减的,缩减了,削减了

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.

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Examples

  • With amenities and lodging curtailed all over, we’ll all be spending a lot more time in muddy parking lots again, which have always been vital to the skiing experience.

  • It’s rumored that Spears’s access to the internet is heavily curtailed and that she is only allowed a flip phone.

  • Xi Jinping’s government is increasingly curtailing the influence of private corporations that dominate its burgeoning internet, e-commerce and digital finance industries, pivoting away from its previously hands off approach.

  • “First Principles” closes with some regrets about “the end of American classicism” and a set of practical lessons that, although laudable, seem disconnected from the rest of the book, such as curtailing campaign spending.

  • Others complained that they had curtailed traffic stops and other proactive enforcement because they worried about internal reprimands.

  • Was it a mistake to veto the bill that would have curtailed such furloughs?

  • But the open policy was then curtailed again when border controls tightened significantly following 9/11.

  • In March 2012, Time reported that Israel had curtailed much of its covert activities in Iran.

  • Rumors spread from Foggy Bottom after the coup that arms shipments may be curtailed.

  • Second, whatever Hacked Off and the politicians may say, some legitimate journalism will now be curtailed.

  • The Commissioners made no proposal that outdoor relief to the aged or impotent (or infirm) should be abolished, or even curtailed.

  • The days of Faith will be everlasting; but her power to act wickedly will be curtailed more and more.

  • Curtal is a small horse; properly one who hath his tail docked or curtailed.

  • Both had been seminary pupils prior to Mr. Carruths death, but expenses had to be curtailed at once.

  • Now, with the increase of the area of cultivation, the land in the Pampas which is available for grazing is greatly curtailed.