curtailment

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/    美 /kɚˈteɪlmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of curtailing.
    — The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.

词形变化

curtailments plural

词源

Etymology tree
English curtail
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English curtailment
From curtail + -ment.
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