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

• On the basis of this set, the fuzzy constrains of the line flows are introduced and further the fuzzy optimization model for bilateral transaction curtailment is presented. The fuzzy optimization is solved fast and simply using the maximum entropy method.
  并在此基础上引入线路功率的模糊约束，提出了双边交易裁减的模糊优化模型，通过极大熵方法实现了模糊优化问题的简便而快速的求解。
• The impact of pests may result in the curtailment of plantation programmes, the abandonment of a given tree species or the necessity to clearcut large areas dominated by infested trees.
  病虫害的影响可促使减少人工林计划，放弃某类树种，或不得不在大部分树木受到侵染的大面积地区实施皆伐。
• In transmission management, transaction curtailment is the last resort for relieving congestion to maintain system reliability.
  在输电网管理中，交易裁减是实现阻塞消除的最后一道防线。
• In transaction curtailment study, different transaction curtailment models using different types of curtailment objectives.
  在交易裁减的研究中，不同的交易裁减模型采用了不同类型的裁减目标。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Civil Liberty: We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights.
  公民自由：我们还支持反对剥夺我们民权的斗争。
• 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。
• 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。