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curtailment

curtailment
[kə:ˈteilmənt] 生词本

n.

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  • 英英释义

1. N-SING 减缩;缩短;限制 The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it. 

  • ...a considerable curtailment of military spending.

    军费开支的大幅减缩

  • ...the curtailment of presidential power.

    对总统权力的限制

Noun

1. the temporal property of being cut short

2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation;

  • "a suppression of the newspaper"

3. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable