curtail
/kɜːˈteɪl/verb
with obj.(常作be curtailed)
1- reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on（在程度、数量上）减少, 缩减; 限制：
civil liberties were further curtailed.
公民自由受到进一步的限制。
1.1
curtail someone of
archaic deprive someone of (something)〈古〉剥夺：I that am curtailed of this fair proportion.
就是我被剥夺了应得的一份。
派生词
curtailment
noun词源
late 15th cent.: from obsolete curtal 'horse with a docked tail', from French courtault, from court 'short', from Latin curtus. The change in the ending was due to association with TAIL1 and perhaps also with French tailler 'to cut'.