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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
    • …
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    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’.

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