| 单词 | curtail the power of |
| 释义 | curtail the power of And he seconded an amendment to curtail the power of magistrates to send young people to borstal. Times, Sunday Times The northern tribes bitterly resented his attempts to curtail their power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government even gestured towards some democratisation, curtailing the powers of special security courts instated by the army after their most recent coup in 1997. Times, Sunday Times He said that he remained committed to enforcing meas-ures that would improve the country's environmental record, despite the pressure being brought to bear to curtail the powers of his agency. Times, Sunday Times Its rapid rise alarmed the government, which moved to curtail the powers of local government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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