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This curtails the ability of issuers to default through inflation .

它限制了发行者通过通胀违约的能力。

Having long hair is like wearing six-inch heels : it requires an awful lot of effort and seriously curtails your freedom .

留长发就像穿上六英寸的高跟鞋，绝对难搞、严重束缚自由。

Kim jong-il and his father , north korea 's founder kim il-sung , have ruled the state through a personality cult that curtails access to information .

金正日（kimjong-il）和父亲、朝鲜创建者金日成（kimil-sung）通过个人崇拜来统治这个国家，这种个人崇拜限制了人们获取信息的渠道。

He said the ban curtails freedom of choice for an age group considered mature enough to make many other important decisions .

他说，这项禁令限制了一个年龄层的选择自由，这个年龄层的人被认为足够成熟，可以在其它方面做出重要决定。

For american ip-intensive companies , weak intellectual-property protection abroad curtails their sales and hiring opportunities every bit as much as do traditional trade barriers like tariffs and quotas .

对于美国知识密集型企业来说，国外知识产权保护不力可能限制其销售和招聘机会，这和关税、配额等传统贸易壁垒构成的限制是一样的。