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
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。
- Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
- 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.- 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。
- St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.
- 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.- 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。
- He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
in AM, use 美国英语用 ax
双语例句
- The scene was axed from the ad for her scent Fame.
在发布的香水广告中,这个场景被剪切掉了。 - 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。 - Three of the six major studios axed subsidiaries that had specialised in buying independent films.
六大电影公司中有三个关闭了专门买进独立电影的子公司。 - Then, when a downturn hits, those non-core businesses blow up and have to be axed.
然后当经济衰退来临的时候,这些非核心业务的肥皂泡破灭,难逃被裁撤的命运。 - The taxman gave the idea of buying an axe the axe because he was axed by the taxman.
税务稽查员放弃了想买一把斧头的想法,因为他被税务局解雇了。 - I axed the daily subscription to the New York Times-it's free online, after all.
我取消了每天订阅的《纽约时报》&反正网上有免费的。 - My old company axed me after they found out I had been sleeping on the job.
公司发现我在上班期间睡着了就把我辞了。 - Following four straight-to-DVD specials, Futurama finally returns to screens for a new series this week, seven years after the US Fox network axed production of the show.
随着四张DVD特别版的发行,《飞出个未来》在美国福克斯电视网削减了该节目生产的七年之后,终于在本周以新的系列回到了荧屏。 - Public services should be maintained but administration expenses need to be axed to a minimum.
公共事业的费用必须保留,但行政开支需要大力削减到最低限度。 - When important things happen it is nice to be at the front of the information queue: when your job has been axed or your spouse is about to leave you.
当重要的事情发生时,第一个知道消息当然很好:比如当你丢掉工作,或者当你的配偶打算离开你时。