curtailment

英 [kɜːˈteɪlmənt]

美 [kɜːrˈteɪlmənt]

n.  减缩; 缩短; 限制

复数：curtailments　

经济

BNC.22731 / COCA.27953

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 减缩;缩短;限制
  Thecurtailment ofsomething is the act of reducing or limiting it.
  1. ...a considerable curtailment of military spending.
     军费开支的大幅减缩
  2. ...the curtailment of presidential power.
     对总统权力的限制

英英释义

noun

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
  Synonym:retrenchmentdownsizing
• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  1. a suppression of the newspaper
  Synonym:suppression
• the temporal property of being cut short

双语例句

• During this Period, the distribution acreage and space showed curtailment, at the same time, the natural forest were chopped down continuously.
  在这一时期内，陇东地区森林分布面积和空间均呈缩减的态势，天然森林进一步遭到破坏。
• Several factors worked during this stage, and these included curtailment of American military budget, impulse of pursuing scale economy and market share, and also stimulation of global industries regrouping and information economy.
  这一阶段的并购主要是受到了以下几个因素影响：美国军费开支缩减，追求规模经济和市场份额的驱动，全球产业重组浪潮和知识经济的推动。
• At last it discussed the load curtailment problem under the electricity market circumstances, establishing an OPF formulation whose objective function is load curtailment, also containing voltage stability constraints.
  最后对电力市场环境下的切负荷问题作了一些初步的探讨，建立了一种包含电压稳定约束、以切负荷量最小为目标函数的最优潮流模型。
• The development in network information technology has greatly raised exchange efficiency organization efficiency, and promoted the exchange curtailment and transparency efficiently, which has promoted the curtailment of the administrative organization. The traditional administrative structure has faced restructure.
  网络与信息技术的发展，大大提高了交易效率和组织效率，促成了沟通高效平台化和决策过程透明化，推动行政组织结构的扁平化，传统行政体制面临着结构性重组。
• Optimal Load Curtailment in Bulk Power System Reliability Evaluation
  大电网可靠性评估最优负荷削减模型
• The most glaring omission in the NDRC directive is the curtailment of the state-owned enterprises ( SOEs).
  发改委的这份文件没有提到要缩减国有企业规模，这点最为引人注意。
• The governor announced the curtailment of privileges long enjoyed by inmates at the prison.
  总督宣布减少囚犯们长期享受的特别待遇。
• More than half the participants focused on conservation by curtailment: switching off the lights, changing thermostat settings and driving less.
  超过半数的受访者认为减少使用是节能重点例如关灯、调节温度器设置以及少开车。
• To avoid further curtailment of service during hajj, assist passengers in boarding replacement buses at the designated pick up points.
  朝觐期间为防止降低服务水平，帮助乘客在指定接送点换乘汽车。
• Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment.
  以减少或减缩为特点，或者导致减少或减缩。