curtailment 

英汉解释

n. 缩减；削减；缩短；紧缩

同义词

n. downsizing，retrenchment，suppression

参考例句

1. Civil Liberty : We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights.
公民自由：我们还支持反对剥夺我们民权的斗争。
2. At a certain hour each evening a siren signals the curtailment of electrical power, and the lights flicker off.
每个傍晚在一个某小时一个女海妖向电力的缩减作信号，而且光走开闪动。
3. When a hotel meets with fire, terrorist activities, strikes, etc. and causes curtailment, change or cancellation of accommodations, its liability can be exempted.
当酒店遇到火灾、恐怖主义活动、罢工等而导致客人入住的延误、变更或取消时，酒店免责。

英英解释

n.
  1. the temporal property of being cut short
  2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  3. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable

网络释义

curtailment
缩减; 缩短; 缩减, 缩短; 削减,缩写;
investment curtailment
缩减投资;
production curtailment
限产;
import curtailment
缩减进口;
spending curtailment
紧缩开支;