cut down

削减, 删减, 击倒, 杀死

例句与用法：

She cut down the sapling with one chop.

她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了。

They cut down that tree.

他们砍倒了那棵树。

He cut down his enemy.

他杀死了他的敌人。

He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.

他不得不减少吃肉。

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

[谚]遮荫之树不可砍。

The aircraft is streamlined to cut down wind resistance.

飞机设计成流线型以减少风的阻力。

The council have told us to cut down the trees.

地方议会通知我们砍掉这些树。

On no account should we cut down the outturn.

我们绝不可以降低产量。

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

cut down

词义辨析：

同义参见:

butcher

simplify

shorten

scale¹

cut down1.■把…砍倒：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。2.■缩减，削减：They have to cut down the office staff.他们不得不裁减办公室的职员。3.■缩短；删节：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。4.■砍杀；枪杀；杀害；夺去…的生命；损害…的健康：He was cut down in a car accident.他死于车祸。5.■超过；胜过；击败：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。6.■说服…降价；要求…减少收费：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。

cut down

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

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