| 词汇 | example_english_curtailment |
| 释义 | Examples of curtailmentThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In his inability to force this nameless woman to marry him, he faced a definite curtailment of his former power. Adding intentions does not affect that basic definition but constrains the set of actions that are to count as curtailments. These rabbis argued for a curtailment of severe punishments in the name of communal self-protection and survival. The curtailment of the freedom of entrepreneurs was no argument. Any such curtailment was only temporary, however, and the trade soon resumed, although on a more modest scale. The accompanying thought, of course, is that offense cannot be the cause for the curtailment of freedoms in a liberal society. Since many composers, particularly but not exclusively those of operas-comique, were prolific, the need for drastic curtailment sometimes arose. The absence of autonomy implies the curtailment of freedoms of expression and assembly. Those who had to go further afield for larger shops would have an earlier curtailment of their independence. Curtailment of revenues aggravated this unsound fiscal situation during blockades of the port, which occurred in 1826-28, 1838-40, 1845-48 and in 1853. Social conditions can change so much that a rule created to provide protection may degenerate into a curtailment. While those chiefs resented colonial curtailment of their former autonomy, in the absence of effective force and facing an unprecedented problem of loss of patronage, they too, could only compromise. Even here, the common good does not justify abrogation of all individual rights, but only their curtailment and, of these, only those that negatively affect the community. Early curtailment of this trial precludes analysis of mature survival data in the future, as a follow-up of patients in the placebo arm of the study will not be continued. That is, the harm produced by certain kinds of behaviour may be described as a curtailment of autonomy or a failure to respect a sense of self. For most citizens, threats to their lives and curtailment of liberty looms not in the form of soldiers with "snow on their boots," but from illness, accident, and poverty. As a result of cuts in all forms of energy use in the early 1990s (as well as curtailments of the labour-force itself), agricultural and industrial outputs plummeted. For men graduates, having children adds a further dimension to their lives; for women, the arrival of a child all too often means, albeit temporarily, the curtailment of occupational aspirations. Those who are opposed to the proposed curtailment of discussion have no one to blame but themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are something like 300,000 families in this country who have suffered a serious curtailment of their income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This increase could be obtained without any curtailment at all of the other things for which expenditure from national income is required. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since then, there have been the closing of five steel plants, with consequent unemployment, the curtailment of the electricity supply, and many other troubles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There, on the one hand, are the very grave curtailments on economic liberty which are imposed by one section. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we had a decent constitution, the curtailment of rights of appeal would be unlikely to pass muster in the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We often sit all night to try to achieve an improvement or a change, or a curtailment of legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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