curtail
curtail 英 [kɜ:ˈteɪl] 美 [kɜrˈteɪl]
vt. 限制；缩短，减缩
进行时:curtailing 过去式:curtailed 过去分词:curtailed 第三人称单数:curtails
- To curtail something is to slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give up cake, I am curtailing my cake-eating.
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- vt. 限制；缩短，减缩
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1. Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
购书开支已被大大削减。
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2. The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off.
那次讲座被突然鸣响的火警中断了。
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3. the curtailment of civil liberties
对公民自由的限制
- curtail (v.) late 15c., from Middle French courtault "made short," from court "short" (Old French cort, from Latin curtus, from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut") + -ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originally curtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling in general use; curtal is retained in poetics to describe a "shortened" stanza or poem. Related: Curtailed; curtailing.
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