curtailment

基本解释

"By far the most widespread source of discontent in the ruling family is the King's curtailment of their privileges," the cable says.
電報稱，“目前對統治家族最普遍的不滿是國王特權的縮減。”
The drastic curtailment of intellectual plurality makes it hard for a person to choose a way co relate to Being, to the world, and to himself.
這種對思想多元化的嚴厲限制，使得一個人難以選擇一種方式去和人類，世界，以及他自身發生聯系。
More than half the participants focused on conservation by curtailment: switching off the lights, changing thermostat settings and driving less.
超過半數的受訪者將注意力放在了削減生活能源：關燈、改變自動調溫器的設置竝且少開車。

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