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单词 curtailment
释义
curtailment
noun[CorU]
uk
/kəˈteɪl.mənt/us
/kɚˈteɪl.mənt/
theactionofreducingorlimitingsomething, or ofstoppingsomething before it isfinished:
制止；减少；缩减；限制
Shecondemnedpostwarcurtailmentofcivilliberties.她谴责战后对公民自由的限制。
Thepolicyincludedinsuranceagainstcancellationor curtailment of theholiday.保单包括对度假行程的取消或缩减提供保险。
Synonyms
check(LIMIT)
constraint
control(POWER)
curb(CONTROL)
limit
limitation
restraint
restriction
See
curtail
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  • This was the mostdrasticcurtailment inpublicspendingin Americanhistory.
  • Globalwarmingrequiresasharpcurtailment in the use offossilfuels.
  • Theincidentrequiredthereroutingand curtailment of dozens offlights.
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Limiting and restricting
(Definition ofcurtailmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurtailment

curtailment
In his inability to force this nameless woman to marry him, he faced a definitecurtailmentof his former power.
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Adding intentions does not affect that basic definition but constrains the set of actions that are to count as curtailments.
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These rabbis argued for acurtailmentof severe punishments in the name of communal self-protection and survival.
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Thecurtailmentof the freedom of entrepreneurs was no argument.
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Any suchcurtailmentwas only temporary, however, and the trade soon resumed, although on a more modest scale.
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The accompanying thought, of course, is that offense cannot be the cause for thecurtailmentof freedoms in a liberal society.
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Since many composers, particularly but not exclusively those of operas-comique, were prolific, the need for drasticcurtailmentsometimes arose.
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The absence of autonomy implies thecurtailmentof freedoms of expression and assembly.
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Those who had to go further afield for larger shops would have an earliercurtailmentof their independence.
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Curtailmentof revenues aggravated this unsound fiscal situation during blockades of the port, which occurred in 1826-28, 1838-40, 1845-48 and in 1853.
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Social conditions can change so much that a rule created to provide protection may degenerate into acurtailment.
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While those chiefs resented colonialcurtailmentof their former autonomy, in the absence of effective force and facing an unprecedented problem of loss of patronage, they too, could only compromise.
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Even here, the common good does not justify abrogation of all individual rights, but only theircurtailmentand, of these, only those that negatively affect the community.
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Earlycurtailmentof this trial precludes analysis of mature survival data in the future, as a follow-up of patients in the placebo arm of the study will not be continued.
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That is, the harm produced by certain kinds of behaviour may be described as acurtailmentof autonomy or a failure to respect a sense of self.
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