cut down
减少; 裁短; 把…砍倒[割掉]; <非正>驳倒
ph.
1. 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。
2. He tried to cut down on smoking but failed.
他试图少抽烟，但没成功。
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1. 减少：1. 你曾觉得你应该减少(Cut down)饮酒量吗?2. 有人曾因批评你喝酒而使你恼怒(Annoyed)吗?3. 你曾对于你的喝酒行为而有罪恶感(Guilty)吗?
2. 砍倒：26. take steps to do sth 采取步骤做某事 | 1. cut down 砍倒 | 2. cause and effect 原因和结果
3. 削减,降低：cut back / / 削减,减少 | cut down / / 削减,降低 | cut in / / (汽车)抢挡;插嘴,打断
4. 砍倒;消减;缩短：cut back 修剪(树枝等削减 | cut down 砍倒;消减;缩短 | cut in (汽车)超车,抢挡
1. 911查询·英语单词
1. 削减;减少使用
If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
e.g. He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet...
他喝咖啡和吸烟都比以前少了，饮食也均衡了。
e.g. Car owners were asked to cut down travel...
要求车主们减少驾车出行的次数。
2. 砍倒(树木)
If you cut down a tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground.
e.g. A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
一个故意破坏公物的人用链锯伐倒了一棵树。
3. -> see cut 7
1. Canada had already cut down its embassy staff in late January, leaving only core personnel to help a voluntary evacuation of its citizens in Syria.
2. Some drivers said carrying others to and from work could help cut down the cost of car maintenance and help make new friends.
3. Tseng said the goal of the swing change was to maintain her distance but cut down on the effort needed in each swing.
4. Those masters advised Mo to cut down five trees on the school grounds and to change the direction of the school's main gate.
5. Haiti is prone to deadly flooding because of its steep mountains and hills deforested by people who cut down the trees to make charcoal.
6. 911chaxun查询·英语单词
6. The Anne Frank museum still wants a diseased chestnut tree cut down for safety reasons, despite a court reprieve over its felling.
7. The silence shows either indecisiveness on the part of the government or its unwillingness to cut down on its addiction to its revenue from tobacco.
8. The overall aim is to create incentives for polluters to cut down on their emissions and clean up the environment.
9. cut down
9. Insiders said the cut would put a dent on many firms'profitability and even close down some which are relying heavily on exports.
10. And they should have the determination to cut down smoking resolutely and be willing to bid adieu to their long practiced culture.
verb
1. cut down on
make a reduction in
e.g. reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonym: reduce cut back trim trim down trim back cut bring down
2. intercept (a player)
Synonym: cut out
3. cause to come or go down
e.g. The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
Synonym: down knock down push down pull down
4. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
e.g. strike down a tree
Lightning struck down the hikers
Synonym: fell drop strike down
5. 911查询·英语单词
5. cut with a blade or mower
e.g. mow the grass
Synonym: mow
6. cut with sweeping strokes
as with an ax or machete
Synonym: slash