curtail是什么意思_curtail怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

curtail 缩短

来自PIE*sker, 剪，切，词源同shear, short. -ault, 贬义后缀，词源同valiant, 勇敢的，顽固的。比较-ard, 贬义后缀，来自hard, 见bastard. 原指剪短尾巴的马，拼写受tail影响俗化。

curtail: curtail: [16] The now defunct English noun curtal meant ‘horse with a docked tail’. It was borrowed in the 16th century from French courtault, a derivative of the adjective court ‘short’. Like English curt [17] this came from Latin curtus ‘cut off, shortened’, which in common with English short and shear, can be traced back to an Indo-European base *ker- or *sker- ‘cut’. In the late 16th century the noun was converted into a verb, originally meaning literally ‘dock a horse’, and the close semantic link with ‘tails’ led to its alteration to curtail.
=> cuirass, curt, shear, shirt, short, skirt
curtail (v.): late 15c., from Middle French courtault "made short," from court "short" (Old French cort, from Latin curtus; see curt) + -ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originally curtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling in general use; curtal is retained in poetics to describe a "shortened" stanza or poem. Related: Curtailed; curtailing.

词态变化

第三人称单数 curtails;
过去式 curtailed;
过去分词 curtailed;
现在分词 curtailing;
名词 curtailment;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. It is necessary to curtail or alter normally coexisting stimuli.: 必需消除或改变正常时并存的刺激.

4. Again the purpose of this action was to curtail inflation.: 此行动的目的在于抑制通货膨胀.

5. In all cases we"ll curtail baggage handling.: 在任何情况之下,我们要简化行李的发送.

近反义词

curtail expenditures 节约支出

相似短语

curtail outlay 紧缩开支

curtail expenses 削减开支

curtail credits to enterprises 削减贷款

curtail schedule 【经】债务压缩计划

curtail expenditures 节约支出

curtail step 卷形踏步，卷形踏步

curtail expenditure 减少支出

maintain railways 养路

against the hair 违反天性,违反意愿

air mail n.航空邮政,航空邮件

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. curtus "short, cut short, cut off, shortened" => curtail.
2. 同源词：curt, curtail.
3. Originally curtal, used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling.
4. => make short.
5. （记）cur+tail 谐音"割尾巴"；联想"截短，缩短"

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