| 释义 |
curtail
cur·tail C0818000 (kər-tāl′)tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room. See Synonyms at shorten.
[Middle English curtailen, to restrict, probably blend of Old French courtauld, docked; see curtal, and Middle English taillen, to cut (from Old French tailler; see tailor).]
cur·tail′er n.cur·tail′ment n.curtail (kɜːˈteɪl) vb (tr) to cut short; abridge[C16: changed (through influence of tail1) from obsolete curtal to dock; see curtal] curˈtailer n curˈtailment ncur•tail (kərˈteɪl)
v.t. to cut short or cut off a part of; abridge; reduce. [1425–75; late Middle English: to restrict (of royal succession or inheritance), probably a conflation of Middle French courtau(l)d (see curtal) and Middle English taillen to cut < Old French taillier (see tail2)] cur•tail′er, n. cur•tail′ment, n. syn: See shorten. curtail
Past participle: curtailed
Gerund: curtailing
| Present |
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| I curtail | | you curtail | | he/she/it curtails | | we curtail | | you curtail | | they curtail |
| Preterite |
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| I curtailed | | you curtailed | | he/she/it curtailed | | we curtailed | | you curtailed | | they curtailed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am curtailing | | you are curtailing | | he/she/it is curtailing | | we are curtailing | | you are curtailing | | they are curtailing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have curtailed | | you have curtailed | | he/she/it has curtailed | | we have curtailed | | you have curtailed | | they have curtailed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was curtailing | | you were curtailing | | he/she/it was curtailing | | we were curtailing | | you were curtailing | | they were curtailing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had curtailed | | you had curtailed | | he/she/it had curtailed | | we had curtailed | | you had curtailed | | they had curtailed |
| Future |
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| I will curtail | | you will curtail | | he/she/it will curtail | | we will curtail | | you will curtail | | they will curtail |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have curtailed | | you will have curtailed | | he/she/it will have curtailed | | we will have curtailed | | you will have curtailed | | they will have curtailed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be curtailing | | you will be curtailing | | he/she/it will be curtailing | | we will be curtailing | | you will be curtailing | | they will be curtailing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been curtailing | | you have been curtailing | | he/she/it has been curtailing | | we have been curtailing | | you have been curtailing | | they have been curtailing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been curtailing | | you will have been curtailing | | he/she/it will have been curtailing | | we will have been curtailing | | you will have been curtailing | | they will have been curtailing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been curtailing | | you had been curtailing | | he/she/it had been curtailing | | we had been curtailing | | you had been curtailing | | they had been curtailing |
| Conditional |
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| I would curtail | | you would curtail | | he/she/it would curtail | | we would curtail | | you would curtail | | they would curtail |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have curtailed | | you would have curtailed | | he/she/it would have curtailed | | we would have curtailed | | you would have curtailed | | they would have curtailed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | curtail - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"restrict, curb, cut backcircumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" | | 2. | curtail - 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"cut short, clipshorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
curtailverb reduce, cut, diminish, decrease, dock, cut back, shorten, lessen, cut short, pare down, retrench NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region. The celebrations had to be curtailed because of bad weather.curtailverbTo make short or shorter the duration or extent of:abbreviate, abridge, condense, reduce, shorten.Translationscurtail (kəˈteil) verb make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended). I've had to curtail my visit. 縮減，縮短 缩短，减缩 curˈtailment noun 縮減，縮短 截短，减缩 Curtail
CurtailA spiral scroll-like termination of any architectural member, as at the end of a stair rail.curtailA short, spiral, scroll-like termination of any architectural member, as at the end of a stair rail.FinancialSeeCurtailmentcurtail
Synonyms for curtailverb reduceSynonyms- reduce
- cut
- diminish
- decrease
- dock
- cut back
- shorten
- lessen
- cut short
- pare down
- retrench
Synonyms for curtailverb to make short or shorter the duration or extent ofSynonyms- abbreviate
- abridge
- condense
- reduce
- shorten
Synonyms for curtailverb place restrictions onSynonymsRelated Words- circumscribe
- confine
- limit
- abridge
- immobilise
- immobilize
verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extentSynonymsRelated Words |