每日单词:curtail
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 curtailed production of new films and series.
多年来,Netflix一直在唱独角戏,现在面临着亚马逊Prime、迪士尼+等公司的竞争。与竞争对手一样,疫情防控限制了新电影和剧集的制作,阻碍了它的发展。
——《经济学人》
基本释义
v. 缩减;剪短;限制
追根溯源
单词curtail里的词根tail来自拉丁语talea,表示“裁剪”,所以,在英语里包含tail的单词,多与此相关。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,所以,cur+tail=剪短→缩减,限制
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