axed

英 [ækst]

美 [ækst]

v.  （经费、人员等的）削减
ax的过去分词和过去式; axe的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：axed　过去式：axed　

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 ax


• 斧;斧子
  Anaxeis a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• VERB 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销
  If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programmeis axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.
  1. Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
     处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
• N-SING （通常为节省资金而进行的）解雇，撤销，关闭
  If a person or institution is facingthe axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money.
  1. St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.
     圣巴塞洛缪医院是伦敦4个面临关闭的医院之一。
• PHRASE 有私心；有个人打算；另有企图
  If someonehas an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.
  1. He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
     他看上去像是个正派的家伙，而且我对他没有任何企图。

双语例句

• The Brazilian is understood to have been axed by Real coach Fabio Capello as a disciplinary measure and the potential bust-up has alerted Juve directors.
  机敏的尤文经理们已了解到法比奥。卡佩罗严厉惩戒了巴西人和他们潜在的争吵。
• It was axed soon after he became president.
  在他当上总统后，这个节目很快就被砍掉了。
• The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it.
  国家科学基金会终止了这项研究计划并停止投资。
• The company is losing money so a quarter of our staff has to be axed.
  公司亏损，因此四分之一的雇员将被解雇。
• Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
  处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
• Across Asia-Pacific, as routes were being axed and savage cost-cuts implemented, marketing budgets were largely frozen.
  整个亚太地区，由于许多航线停飞以及大幅度消减成本，营销预算曾被大量冻结。
• But in the United States, the number of science journalists on the staff of newspapers has dropped sharply and some respected outlets have axed their science departments.
  但是在美国，报纸的科学记者数量显著下降，而一些著名媒体已经大幅削减了它们的科学新闻部门。
• Yes, he was axed; but he recaptured the mantle of most liked Groupon person, even if just for a moment.
  确实，他被炒了鱿鱼；但他藉此夺回了Groupon的最佳人气宝座，哪怕只是昙花一现的功夫。
• But falls in the prices of key exports, rising labour costs and a high Australian dollar have seen several multibillion-dollar projects axed or postponed.
  但受关键出口商品价格下跌、劳动力成本上升以及澳元汇率走强影响，目前已有数个规模高达数十亿美元的项目被取消或延期。
• Finance chiefs have slashed forecasts for earnings and capital spending in 2009 and have raised their estimates for the number of jobs to be axed next year.
  首席财务官们大幅调低了2009年收益和资本支出预测，并提高了对明年裁员数量的预期。