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curtailment of [noun]
The government announced a curtailment of public spending.
政府宣布削减公共支出。
缩短
curtailments — plural of curtailment
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缩短
the temporal property of being cut short
The government announced a curtailment of public spending.
政府宣布削减公共支出。
缩减；削减。
The act of curtailing.
The curtailment of the meeting gave us extra time to prepare.
会议的缩短让我们有额外的时间做准备。
We discussed the curtailment of our lunch break with the manager.
我们和经理讨论了午休时间缩短的问题。
There was a sudden curtailment of the music festival because of the storm.
由于暴风雨，音乐节突然被缩短了。
The government announced a curtailment of public spending.
政府宣布削减公共支出。
常与of或in连用。
There has been a curtailment in production due to the strike.
由于罢工，生产缩减了。
Not this
The government decided to curtailment the budget.
Use this
The government decided to curtail the budget.
curtailment是名词，不能用作动词；应使用动词curtail。
Not this
There is a curtailment on public services.
Use this
There is a curtailment of public services.
curtailment常与介词of搭配表示“某物的缩减”，而不是on。
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削减开支
The curtailment of spending was necessary to avoid bankruptcy.
削减开支对于避免破产是必要的。
公民自由的削减
Critics warned of the curtailment of civil liberties under the new law.
批评人士警告说新法律会削减公民自由。
大幅削减
The drastic curtailment of funding left the project in trouble.
资金的急剧削减使项目陷入困境。
暂时缩减
A temporary curtailment of services was announced during the maintenance work.
维修期间宣布暂时缩减服务。
福利削减
The curtailment of benefits angered many retired workers.
福利削减激怒了许多退休工人。
进一步削减
Employees feared a further curtailment of their already limited vacation time.
员工们担心他们本已有限的假期会被进一步削减。
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读作/kəˈteɪlmənt/，联想 tail（尾巴）被剪短：curtailment 就是“缩减、削减”。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律/政策文件、商业报告、学术写作 curtailment 多用于正式场合，比较常见于法律、政策或商务文件中，日常口语中较少使用。
与 curtailment /kəːˈteilmənt/ 押韵的词（重读元音及之后为 /eɪlmənt/）：ailment、derailment、entailment，以及拼写为 -alement 的 impalement。注意 -ainment 结尾的词如 containment、entertainment 拼写相似，但读作 /eɪnmənt/，不是 /eɪlmənt/，因此不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.