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curtail /kɜːˈteɪl/

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外刊例句


Having been a one-man show for years, Netflix now faces competition from Amazon Prime, Disney+ and others. Like its rivals, it has been hampered by pandemic restrictions that have curtailedproduction of new films and series.

多年来,Netflix一直在唱独角戏,现在面临着亚马逊Prime、迪士尼+等公司的竞争。与竞争对手一样,疫情防控限制了新电影和剧集的制作,阻碍了它的发展。


——《经济学人》



基本释义


curtail:If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.

v. 缩减;剪短;限制


追根溯源



单词curtail里的词根tail来自拉丁语talea,表示“裁剪”,所以,在英语里包含tail的单词,多与此相关。例如:

tailor /ˈteɪlər/ n. 裁缝

tailoress /'teɪlərɪs/ n. 女裁缝

retail /'riːteɪl/ n. 零售

detail /ˈdiːteɪl/ n. 细节


前缀cur表示短,所以,cur+tail=剪短→缩减,限制