片语

cut back on削减，缩减；减低

curtail缩减；剪短；剥夺…特权等

英汉例句

• They had hoped that new capital requirements would nudge the two biggest Banks to cut back on risky activities.

  他们曾希望新的资本要求将地推动两家最大的银行削减高风险活动。

• We shall have to cut back on our spending.

  我们将不得不削减我们的经费。

• Sweeping reforms to France「s money-losing pension system is part of efforts around Europe to cut back on growing public debts.

  对法国亏损的养老保险制度进行大刀阔斧的改革，是欧洲削减不断增长的公共债务的部分努力。

• If you」re running a big race, such as a marathon, it「s important to cut back your mileage in the final two to three weeks before your race.

  如果你进行大型的比赛，例如马拉松比赛，在比赛的前两三周缩减你的训练次数是很重要的。

• That beat expectations, but it shows how the American consumer is continuing to cut back on spending, shopping and dining out.

  这个数字比预期要好一些，但也显示出美国消费者正在继续削减自己消费、购物和外出用餐的开支。

• Demand has remained strong in spite of the global economic downturn as retailers say consumers treat tea as an essential that they are not willing to cut back on.

  尽管全球经济陷入衰退，茶叶需求依然强劲，零售商表示，消费者将茶叶视为必需品，不愿削减这方面的开支。

• His observations chime with a trend in British classrooms to cut back on traditional teaching and to personalise learning.

  他的观察与英国课堂的趋势一致，就是缩减传统教育，开始个性化的学习。

• Many are likely to cut back on lending rather than try to raise more capital.

  许多银行可能会削减信贷而不是设法筹措更多的资本。

• But a slide into a second recession would require firms to cut back again on stocks, capital spending and jobs.

  但是第二次下滑就需要企业再次缩减股票及资金投资以及岗位供给。

• Since consumers brought purchases forward in late 2009 to dodge the impending increase they are likely to cut back now, hindering a further expansion in national output.

  由于消费者2009年年底的购买，避免了即将到来的增长——即他们现在可能想要削减的增长，阻碍了国民产出更进一步的发展。

• Now when the Republicans presented their budget, with its bigger tax cuts for upper-income people, they would have to cut back on my education and health-care proposals to pay for them.

  现在共和党人递交了他们的预算案，对较高收入者较大幅度的减税，他们必须削减我提出的教育和医疗保健预算，才能使之持平。

• Virtually every state is facing a budget shortfall, forcing many to make plans to cut back on critical services and raise taxes.

  实际上，每个州都面临着财政短缺，迫使很多部门缩减重要的服务功能，以及提高赋税。

• When his wife asked him to cut back on expenses, he dismissed the suggestion, telling her he still had more money than they could ever spend.

  当他妻子要求他缩减开支的时候，他拒绝了，告诉她他手头的钱还够花。

• One obvious way is to cut back on health care.

  一种显而易见的方法是削减医疗保健方面的开支。

• Industrialised countries should recognise their role in the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and respond with bolder initiatives to cut back on future emissions, Singh said.

  辛格说，工业化国家应该认识到自己在大气温室气体累积过程中充当的角色，应该更大胆主动地削减未来的排放量。

• The recession has made them reluctant to expand without good market data, he argues, yet it has also caused them to cut back on research, making the free census data all the more vital.

  他强辩道，经济衰退使得他们不愿意在没有良好市场数据的情况下扩张，而且也使得他们削减调研经费，利用免费的人口普查数据因此也更加重要。

• Similarly in the south west part of the country, decisions were made to scale down the celebration after a number of sponsors were forced to cut back on financial support.

  英国西部地区情况也很相近，在一群赞助商被下令削减财政支出后(众人)决定「量财而出」举办庆祝活动。

• Global yacht sales plunged by 45% in 2009, according to Capgemini, and four out of five yachtmakers had to cut back or shut down.

  据凯捷的数据，2009年全球游艇销量锐减45%，五分之四的游艇生产商被迫关门或是削减规模。

• Fresh revisions will take in information from small firms, which may have been forced to cut back by more than big firms because of scarce credit.

  从小企业那里获得的信息可以用于重新校订，小企业因为缺乏信贷而可能被迫削减更多。

• No matter what a person」s income bracket is, most can usually find a way to cut back on frivolous spending, just like a few frugal billionaires.

  不论一个人的收入是多少，大多数人还是可以找到削减不必要开支的办法的，就像这些节约的亿万富翁一样。