...a considerable curtailment of military spending.是什么意思？

...a considerable curtailment of military spending.

军费开支的大幅减缩

considerable

adj. 相当大（或多）的，该注意的，应考虑的；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

curtailment

n. 缩减，缩短；

例句
The usage based allocation method and the curtailment based allocation method are discuss.
在责任分摊法中,阐述了使用程度分摊法和裁减量分摊法.

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

military

adj. 军事的，军用的，讨厌的，好战的；n. 军人，军队，武装力量；

例句
...a formal statement abjuring military action.
表示放弃军事行动的正式声明

spending

n. 开销，花费；v. 用钱，花钱( spend的现在分词 )，花费，消耗，花（时间）；

例句
Health spending tends to rise disproportionately as countries become richer; but even adjusting for this, America is a case apart.
随着国家愈加富有，医疗保健费用增加的幅度却往往与之不成比例；但即使美国为此作出调整，还是与别国不同。