limit是什么意思(每日单词)
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,意思Netflix一直在唱独角戏,每日现在面临着亚马逊Prime、单词迪士尼+等公司的意思竞争。与竞争对手一样,每日疫情防控限制了新电影和剧集的单词制作,阻碍了它的意思发展。
——《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里的每日词根tail来自拉丁语talea,表示“裁剪”,单词所以,意思在英语里包含tail的每日单词,多与此相关。单词例如:
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,意思所以,每日cur+tail=剪短→缩减,单词限制