v.縮減；削減；截短

Illness has curtailed her sporting activities. 她因病而減少了體育活動。

The government hopes to curtail public spending. 政府希望縮減公共事業(yè)開支。

The government hopes to curtail public spending in the next tax year. 政府希望在下個財稅年度減少公家開支。

Given this, China will continue to take measures to curtail the trend of deflation. 因此,中國還要繼續(xù)采取措施以遏制通縮的趨勢。

The President had to curtail his visit. 總統(tǒng)不得不縮短他的訪問日期。