cut down
英 [ˌkʌt ˈdaʊn]
美 [ˌkʌt ˈdaʊn]
削减; 减少使用; 砍倒(树木)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 削减;减少使用
If youcut down onsomething orcut downsomething, you use or do less of it.- 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。 - Car owners were asked to cut down travel...
要求车主们减少驾车出行的次数。 - If you spend more than your income, can you try to cut down?
如果你入不敷出,可以试着减少开支吗?
- He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet...
- PHRASAL VERB 砍倒(树木)
If youcut downa tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground.- 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。
- A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
- → see:cut 7
英英释义
verb
- cut down on
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
- intercept (a player)
- cause to come or go down
- The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
- The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
- cut with a blade or mower
- mow the grass
- cut with sweeping strokes
双语例句
- Most of us know we should cut down on fat. But knowing such things isn't much help when it comes to shopping and eating
我们大多数人都知道应该减少脂肪的摄入量。但是在购物和吃东西的时候,这些常识就丢到一边去了。 - It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries.
在我看来,减少图书馆的数量并不是真正的节约。 - Car owners were asked to cut down travel
要求车主们减少驾车出行的次数。 - He said Africa was suffering badly from deforestation: for every ten trees cut down, only one was planted.
他说非洲的森林砍伐现象非常严重:每砍伐10棵树,仅种植1棵。 - He ought to cut down the volume of work.
他应该减少工作量。 - Cut down your overall amount of physical activity
减少体力活动的总量。 - 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。 - In a recession, consumers could be expected to cut down on non-essentials like toys.
经济不景气时,消费者可能会减少在类似玩具等非必需品上的支出。 - We must cut down on the amount of material we use.
我们必须削减原料使用量。 - In the old society hunger, cold and illness cut down many of the villagers.
在旧社会,饥饿、寒冷和疾病夺去了村里许多人的生命。