1.缩短,省略(讲话,节目等)
2.削减,节减(经费等)
3.褫夺,剥夺(特权,官衔等)
1.to reduce or limit something, especially something good
1.TSMC was one of the first big chipmakers to restore investment plans that had been curtailed by the downturn, and is expanding its R&D team.
台积电是恢复投资计划的首批大型芯片制造商之一，这些计划由于经济低迷遭到缩减，此外该公司正扩充研发团队。
2.It certainly curtailed any advances Sister Manhood might have been making in the direction of ecstasy.
从而也遏制了曼虎蒂护士向心醉神迷的境界发展。
3.Had sanctions been properly applied, future excessive borrowing by other countries might have been curtailed.
假如它们受到适当的制裁，其它国家后来的过度借贷就可能被控制住。
4.It is not such a surprise that this behavior was not easily curtailed when plagiarism extends into the upper echelons of Chinese academia.
当这种不正之风在学术界的高层蔓延时，学生中的这种舞弊行为有增无减，也就不值当人们为之大惊小怪的了。
5.Now much of this expansion looks likely to be curtailed. Even the replacement of reactors may be in question.
如今看来，这种产能扩张中可能将有许多会被削减，甚至连反应堆的替换或许都得打上问号。
6.It was almost canceled at the last moment and was eventually curtailed from five to three days with many panels cut or abbreviated.
最后一刻它几乎被取消，并最终由五天缩短为三天，同时增加了诸多限制。
7.The utilities contend that this reduced capacity will result in curtailed service and higher prices some years down the road.
公共车业公司强烈认为生产能力的这种降低将造成今后几年服务的削减和价格的提高。
8.If its combustion is not curtailed, it could kill millions of times more people than nuclear power plants have done so far.
如果煤的燃烧得不到减少，将会被它要害死的人数可就是迄今为止因核电厂致死的几百万倍。
9.Chinese traders also said the talk of the disease had curtailed soy meal purchasing by livestock feed mills.
他们还说，受口蹄疫传闻的影响，饲料加工企业已开始控制豆粕购买量。
10.As Las Vegas Sands struggled to raise capital, construction was curtailed and the number of workers crossing the border began to fall.
由于拉斯维加斯金沙集团难以筹集到资金，建筑项目缩减了，穿越边界的工人数量也开始下降。