cut down 详细解释
cut down
削减, 删减, 击倒, 杀死
1. 削减
He tried to cut down on smoking but failed.
他试图少抽烟, 但没成功。
2. 缩短
Cut down the article so as to make it fit the space available on the paper.
把文章缩短一些, 这样就能排进报纸有限的版面中。
3. 砍倒
词义辨析
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英英释义
动词 cut down:
cut down on; make a reduction in
同义词：reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
同义词：slash
cause to come or go down
同义词：down, knock down, push down, pull down
intercept (a player)
同义词：cut out
cut with a blade or mower
同义词：mow
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
同义词：fell, drop, strike down
补充
cut downcut down1.把…砍倒〔割掉〕He cut the tree down.他砍倒了这棵树。She cut the grass down.她把草割掉。2.裁短, 改小My sister cut father's coat down to fit me.我的姐姐按我的身材把父亲的上衣裁短了。She is cutting down her dress for her younger sister.她正把自己的衣服改小, 准备给妹妹穿。3.减少, 降低We were for cutting down the cost of production.我们赞成降低成本。You must cut down on sugar to lose weight.你必须少吃糖以减轻体重。4.〈非正〉驳倒, 使逊色, 击败He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩, 胜过最好的演说家。Your arguments are too easy to be cut down.你的论点一驳即倒。5.砍〔杀〕死, 伤害He cut down the snake.他砍死了那条蛇。The soldier was cut down in his youth.这名士兵年纪轻轻就被杀害了。例句
1. He was cut down in battle.他在战斗中丧命。 2. Half of the forest was cut down to make room for the road.为了给新公路腾出地方，这片树林已经被砍去了一半。 3. They have to cut down the office staff.他们不得不裁减办公室的职员。 4. This article is too long,you have to cut it down to 1,000 words.这篇文章太长，你得把它压缩到一千字才行。 5. He was cut down in a car accident.他死于车祸。 6. Jim was beginning to argue wildly again,getting his facts wrong,so his elder brother cut him down.吉姆又激烈地争辩起来，把论据都搞错了，于是他的哥哥就把他击败了。 7. In the end I cut the dealer down by another ￡5.00.最后，我使这个商人又降价五英镑。 8. "I haven't been able to quit smoking completely, but at least I've cut down. [=cut back]"我还不能完全把烟戒掉，但起码现在抽得少了。 9. "I've had to cut down on [=reduce, cut back on] the amount of money I spend on clothes."我已不得不削减买衣服的开支。 10. She suggested he cut down on his drinking.她建议他少喝酒。 11. a building material that helps cut down on noise有助于降低噪声的建筑材料 12. "Most of the tree was dead, so we had to cut it down."这棵树枯死了一大半，所以我们只好砍掉它。 13. Much of the forest has been cut down for firewood.这片树林的很大一部分都被砍掉当柴火了。 14. We used a shortcut that cut down our traveling time by 15 minutes.我们抄近路，把行程时间缩短了15分钟。 15. The machine significantly cuts down the amount of work necessary to harvest crops.这台机器大大减少了收割庄稼所需要的工作量。 16. She was cut down by a stray bullet.她被一颗流弹击中身亡。 17. The composer Schubert was cut down in his prime by illness. [=he died because of illness when he was in his prime]作曲家舒伯特正值盛年就被疾病夺去了生命。热门单词推荐
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