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单词 curtail
释义 Verb: curtail  kurteyl
  1. Place restrictions on
    "curtail drinking in school"
    - restrict, curb, cut back 
  2. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
    "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
    - clip, cut short

Derived forms: curtails, curtailed, curtailing

See also: curtailment

Type of: circumscribe, confine, limit, shorten

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