1·The state could not curtail such activities without inflaming the entire populace, although it periodically tried.
国家不能在不激怒全体民众的情况下缩减这种企业活动，尽管它做过周期性的尝试。
2·He had been forced to curtail his writing, and he feared that he would soon have to give it up.
他只得被迫缩减他的作品，并担心自己今后恐怕不得不放弃写作了。
3·He guessed it could curtail 20 to 30 percent of the magazine's articles.
他猜测这份杂志的文章可能会缩减20%至30%。
4·The Russians are also neurotically keen to curtail the activities of non-governmental organisations.
俄国还神经质的热衷于缩减非官方组织的活动。
5·The video was used to help pass the recent so-called anti-paparazzi law in California that would curtail unauthorized celebrity snaps.
这段视频在加州被用于帮助通过一项最近刚刚出台的反对狗仔队的法律，这项法律将缩减对于名人不合法的拍摄。