curtails

curtails的基本解释

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[变形] curtail的第三人称单数

vt.

缩减, 简略, 剥夺

与curtails相关的网络例句 [注：此内容来源于网络，仅供参考]

She remains a model student, for example making detailed lists of gay slang terms and lore, but homosexuality also causes her to engage with the concrete details of life — for instance, in her evocations of gay bars in late 1940s San Francisco — in ways that her high-mindedness curtails in other areas.

我对这段的理解是，和她对生活中其他领域高度自觉性的省略相比，她对40年代晚期旧金山同志酒吧的描述却是具体的，细节化的（前文的engage with the concrete details of life

For instance, in her evocations of gay bars in late 1940s San Francisco — in ways that her high-mindedness curtails in other areas

curtail这个动词在这里该作何解释？感谢Impasse所作的眉批，收录在下面特作参考

His father curtails the boy's allowance.

他的爸爸减少了他的零花钱。

This approach also curtails our ability to prepare for future challenges.

这项方法也削弱了我们为将来各项挑战做好准备的能力。

This curtails the White House's ability to begin yet another major military campaign in pursuit of a goal that is not seen as a vital national interest by many Americans.

这限制了白宫开始的又一重大军事行动的能力，其追求的目标是不会被许多美国人视为一个重要的国家利益。