Curtail



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 削减, 缩短
• ［英］ v. 削减, 缩短 ( make sth shorter or less)
• ［类］ curtail : period / enervate : energy ( 缩短使周期减少 / 削弱使能量减少) 反义词: prolong ( 延长) ; protract ( 延长)
• ［记］ 来自词根:curt ( 短)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault — more at curtal
• Date: 1580
• to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part <curtail the power of the executive branch<curtail inflation
• Synonyms: see shorten
• ? curtailer noun

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