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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8521 COCA: 9041

curtail

verb
/kɜːˈteɪl/
/kɜːrˈteɪl/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they curtail
/kɜːˈteɪl/
/kɜːrˈteɪl/
he / she / it curtails
/kɜːˈteɪlz/
/kɜːrˈteɪlz/
past simple curtailed
/kɜːˈteɪld/
/kɜːrˈteɪld/
past participle curtailed
/kɜːˈteɪld/
/kɜːrˈteɪld/
-ing form curtailing
/kɜːˈteɪlɪŋ/
/kɜːrˈteɪlɪŋ/
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  1. curtail something to limit something or make it last for a shorter time限制；缩短；减缩
    • Spending on books has been severely curtailed.购书开支已被大大削减。
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • drastically
    • seriously
    • severely
    • …
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from obsolete curtal ‘horse with a docked tail’, from French courtault, from court ‘short’, from Latin curtus. The change in the ending was due to association with tail and perhaps also with French tailler ‘to cut’.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8521 COCA: 9041
curtail

verb

ADVERB➤drastically, seriously, severely, sharply, significantly急劇縮減；嚴重削弱◇His power has been severely curtailed.他的權力已經大大削弱了。➤further進一步削減▸➤abruptly突然縮減
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8521 COCA: 9041
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8521 COCA: 9041

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