单词 | curtail |
释义 | curtail /kx'teil; k 讨 tel/ vt [VP6A] make shorter than was at first planned; cut off a part of: (较最初计划)缩短; 缩减; 提早结束: to ~ a speech/one's holidays; 提早结束演说(休假); to ~ the allowance one has been making to sb, give him less money. 减少给予某人的津贴。 ~ment n [U, C] act or result of ~ing. 缩短; 缩减; 减少。 |
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