curtailing是什么意思？

curtailing

• v. 截断，缩短( curtail的现在分词 )；

例句

• We have acted aggressively to push costs down, including curtailing production at our higher cost operations. 我们已采取积极行动以促使成本降低, 包括削减生产成本较高的业务.
• Individually, banks are acting rationally by retaining their capital and curtailing lending. 此外, 银行们正在合理地保留其资本和减少贷款.
• They will be curtailing the discussions at two thirty. 他们将把讨论缩短至两点半.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  缩短;减缩;限制
  If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
  例句
  NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region... 北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。 I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time... 我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。