| 单词 | curtailment |
| 释义 | curtailment (once / 11879 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY curtailment: curtailments+/curtail: curtailed, curtailing, curtailment, curtails USAGE EXAMPLESPrivate businesses also warned the rule would force curtailment of worker hours and fewer opportunities for worker advancement. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) The company also announced planned production curtailments at two other facilities in early 2017 to help match supply with market demand. Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) Senators, though, have to win broader statewide races, and an abrupt curtailment of Obamacare or achievement of some other long-standing ideological aim might inspire backlash. Slate(Nov 21, 2016) 1 n the temporal property of being cut short 2Hyper shortness the property of being of short temporal extent n the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable 3Syn|Hyper downsizing, retrenchment economy, saving an act of economizing; reduction in cost n the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation Syn|Hyper suppression restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
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