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 curtail [kә:'teil]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 缩减, 剥夺, 简略

[法] 剥夺特权


  1. The President had to curtail his visit.
    总统不得不缩短他的访问日期。
  2. We must try to curtail our spending.
    我们必须尽力缩减开支。
  3. Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
    她因病而减少了体育活动。


curtail


Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.


Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtailing}.] [See
{Curtal}.]
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.

  1. Officials said they also are planning deeper than expected cuts in government spending next year, in an effort to curtail the expected inflationary effects of higher oil prices.
  2. The other Navy program the defense secretary may curtail _ the SSN-21 Seawolf attack submarine _ dropped in estimated cost from $20 billion to $16 billion because of a decrease in the number of submarines from 12 to nine.
  3. TVA also will curtail its troubled nuclear power program.
  4. The Soviet Union also drew Arab fire, as newspapers echoed PLO chief Yasser Arafat's call Saturday for Moscow to reverse itself and curtail migration of its Jews to Israel.
  5. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley asked the government to curtail bartering used by pension and mutual funds to obtain research and other services from brokerage firms.
  6. The ministers' aim is to curtail their production in an effort to reduce the glut on the market and lift sagging prices.
  7. But scientists say that efforts to reduce pollution at such fixed sites won't be sufficient to curtail global warming unless auto emissions are sharply lowered.
  8. At that point, U.S. analysts say, Ford's other European units would begin to feel the pinch of lost engines and parts from Britain, and might have to curtail production.
  9. The Mexican government's increased interest in cracking down on the drug traffickers stems from successful efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine through the Bahamas, which has pushed traffickers to find other routes.
  10. The Bank of Japan raised its discount rate, the interest it charges for loans to commercial banks, four times in late 1989 to cool the local economy and curtail inflation.
  11. The Bush administration refused last month to go along with international efforts to help developing countries curtail the use of such chemicals as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, that are damaging the ozone layer.
  12. The HIAA also said so-called managed care programs promoted in part by private insurers are beginning to curtail unnecessary medical procedures, "resulting in dramatic cost savings."
  13. 'We want to curtail acts of omission by staff who fail to apply standard charges because of a busy daily schedule,' he said. The bank had identified a 'significant amount of leakage' due to staff failing to impose standard charges.
  14. It goes on to say that halting trading at times of market volatility could "cause distortions" in both futures and cash markets that would curtail the balancing influence of arbitrage mechanisms.
  15. A number of other countries have downsized their marketing boards and taken steps to curtail their interventions in the marketplace and to render them more efficient.
  16. The accident killed one employee and injured two others, but it isn't expected to curtail its production, according to a company announcement.
  17. The rules would sharply curtail thrifts' equity investments in such things as real estate.
  18. But now that the company has been saved, Borges said he would like to curtail his role in it.
  19. At this point, some Japanese insurers may have little to lose by agreeing to curtail dividend-capture activity.
  20. The political campaign was marred by allegations of fraud and intimidation that forced many of the more than 50 parties to curtail electioneering.
  21. But Champion International Corp. may soon have to curtail production at its Canton, N.C., paper mill if it doesn't rain soon.
  22. Pork futures advanced on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on ideas that cold weather would curtail hog marketings.
  23. If re-elected, Gonzalez is expected to take stiff measures to curtail demand and try to maintain the economy's momentum, needed to reduce Spain's 17.3 percent unemployment rate, Europe's highest.
  24. Construction has been one of the economic sectors slowed by high interest rates resulting from the Federal Reserve's grip on credit as it strives to curtail inflation.
  25. Lacalle, a 48-year-old senator, pledged in his campaign to curtail inflation by negotiating a reduction of Uruguay's $6.3 billion foreign debt, thus freeing more public funds for other uses.
  26. If an outside investor can't be found to bolster Chrysler Financial's credit rating, the auto maker has said it may have to bust up the finance unit or sharply curtail the credit it extends to buyers and dealers.
  27. Unleaded gasoline hit a record high on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as crude oil prices shot up and speculators kept betting that the Middle East standoff would curtail supplies.
  28. They insist the management costs aren't out of line. And they vow to fight attempts by some states to curtail Preferred Physicians' activities.
  29. In recent years, the Pentagon has tried to curtail the practice.
  30. Privately, immigration officials concede a successful switch to democracy in Nicaragua may sharply curtail U.S. granting of asylum. In addition, improved conditions may lessen the number of applicants.
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