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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

No. 3, with its glimpses of mazurka, followed by a solemn chorale section that suddenly curtails the piece without the expected return to the opening material ---- evidently a late inspiration, since an early manuSCRIPT fragment of the piece assumes the conventional da capo return.(the other side of the same manuSCRIPT contains the study op. 10 no. 9, suggesting that this nocturne was at least partly composed well before the date of 1833 usually ascribed to it.) chopin is said to have associated the piece with hamlet ---- one of many literary images prompted by his music.

最为典型的例子是op.15no.3，在它中间有着玛祖卡舞曲的惊鸿一瞥，之后是肃穆的赞美诗部分，这一部分突然缩减了这一篇章，而不是象预期的那样回到开始之处，而早期的手稿中这里是采用了传统的da capo返回（这篇手稿的另一面还写有op.10no.9，这表明这部夜曲至少有一部分是在1833年以前创作的）据说肖邦把这个乐章和哈姆雷特——在他的音乐中提及的众多文学映像之一——联系在了一起。

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。

As already mentioned, with mass tourism there is always a threat of economic leakage through imports of goods and services, that curtails the multiplier effect within the local economy.

如前所述，与大规模的旅游活动有一定的威胁，泄漏的经济，通过进口的货物和服务，这curtails的乘数效应，在当地经济。

The real time processing on FPGA makes the system not depend on DSP. It reduces the cost and curtails the bulk of system.

在FPGA中实现实时算法使得系统不再依赖DSP进行信号处理，大大降低了成本并缩减了系统体积。

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.

显然，美国传统的军事能力做的工作，这将涉及一个长期的空气殴打反对伊朗的空防其次是罢工就核自己的地盘。

The means of subsistence are scarce and do not grant survival to all .... The source of conflict is always the fact that each man's portion curtails the portions of other men.

可替代物是稀缺的、无法保证每个人都能生存，一个人配额会减少另一个人的配额，这不可避免地导致了冲突。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了