中文詞源

curtail縮短

來(lái)自PIE*sker, 剪，切，詞源同shear, short. -ault, 貶義后綴，詞源同valiant, 勇敢的，頑固的。比較-ard, 貶義后綴，來(lái)自hard, 見(jiàn)bastard. 原指剪短尾巴的馬，拼寫(xiě)受tail影響俗化。

詞組搭配

curtail or shorten截短或縮短；范圍或持續(xù)時(shí)間；削減減少…的尺寸

curtail v縮短；截短

curtail production削減生產(chǎn)；緊縮生產(chǎn)

curtail supply削減供應(yīng)

curtail address縮短講話

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time.

漢我告訴路易，一上年紀(jì)她的活動(dòng)量就會(huì)減少。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region.

漢北約計(jì)劃縮減派往該地區(qū)的士兵數(shù)量。

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. It is necessary to curtail or alter normally coexisting stimuli.

漢必需消除或改變正常時(shí)并存的刺激.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Again the purpose of this action was to curtail inflation.

漢此行動(dòng)的目的在于抑制通貨膨脹.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. In all cases we'll curtail baggage handling.

漢在任何情況之下,我們要簡(jiǎn)化行李的發(fā)送.

來(lái)自辭典例句

英英釋義

1. place restrictions on;

"curtail drinking in school"

2. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;

"My speech was cut short"

"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"