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curtail vt.缩减,减少(经费等),剥夺(某人的)特权(或官衔等),简略 Curtail is an official-sounding word for stopping or slowing things down. The police try to curtail crime — they want there to be less crime in the world. A company may want to curtail their employees' computer time, so they spend more time working and less time goofing around. Teachers try to curtail whispering and note-passing in class. When something is curtailed, it's either stopped entirely or stopped quite a bit — it's cut short. 1[VERB 动词]缩短；减缩；限制 If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region...北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time...我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。His powers will be severely curtailed.他的权力将受到极大的限制。

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[kə:'teil] 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. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	curtail
英美音标	[kə:'teil]
中文释义	vt.缩减,减少(经费等),剥夺(某人的)特权(或官衔等),简略
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	Curtail is an official-sounding word for stopping or slowing things down. The police try to curtail crime — they want there to be less crime in the world. A company may want to curtail their employees' computer time, so they spend more time working and less time goofing around. Teachers try to curtail whispering and note-passing in class. When something is curtailed, it's either stopped entirely or stopped quite a bit — it's cut short.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]缩短；减缩；限制 If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region... 北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。 I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time... 我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。 His powers will be severely curtailed. 他的权力将受到极大的限制。

Curtail I Crime Time Stopped Kə:'Teil Vt.缩减,减少(经费等),剥夺(某人的)特权(或官衔等),简略 Slow