英语词汇“curtail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

curtailcurtail /kɚˈteɪl/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYcurtail

Origin: 1400-1500 curtal to cut short an animal’s tail (15-17 centuries), from Old French courtault animal with a shortened tail; influenced by tail

VERB TABLE

curtail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	curtail
	he, she, it	curtails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	curtailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have curtailed
	he, she, it	has curtailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had curtailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will curtail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have curtailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am curtailing
	he, she, it	is curtailing
	you, we, they	are curtailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was curtailing
	you, we, they	were curtailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been curtailing
	he, she, it	has been curtailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been curtailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be curtailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been curtailing

to reduce or limit something: Budget cuts forced schools to curtail after-school programs. [Origin: 1400–1500 curtal to cut short an animal’s tail (15–17 centuries), from Old French courtault animal with a shortened tail; influenced by tail]—curtailment noun [countable, uncountable]