"curtail" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 缩减
• 限制

Definition

减少、限制或缩短某事的数量或范围，通常与权利、活动或资源有关。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Curtail” 是正式用语，多用于书面或正式场合，多与“spending（开支）、rights（权利）、freedom（自由）”等词搭配。通常带有负面含义，表示被限制。不能用于实物裁剪，应使用“cut”或“shorten”。

Examples

The company will curtail its spending this year.

公司今年将**缩减**开支。

They decided to curtail the celebration because of the weather.

他们因为天气原因**缩减**了庆祝活动。

New laws may curtail our freedom.

新法律可能会**限制**我们的自由。

Budget cuts forced the school to curtail after-school programs.

预算削减迫使学校**缩减**课外活动项目。

Many people were angry when their rights were suddenly curtailed.

许多人在他们的权利被突然**限制**时感到愤怒。

To save time, we had to curtail the meeting and skip some topics.

为节省时间，我们不得不**缩短**会议并跳过一些议题。