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cut verb ●cut backADVERBdrastically, severely, significantly 急剧／大幅／明显裁减◆Social work services have been cut back drastically.社会工作机构已被大量裁减。VERB + CUT BACKbe forced to, have to 被迫／不得不减少PREPOSITIONon 在⋯方面减少◆Local authorities have been forced to cut back on expenditure.地方政府被迫减少开支。to 减少到◆We should cut back to previous levels of spending.我们应该减少到先前的开支水平。●cut downADVERBconsiderably, drastically 大幅削减gradually 逐步削减VERB + CUT DOWNtry to 努力削减manage to 设法减少advise sb to 劝说某人削减PREPOSITIONon 缩减⋯◆I'm trying to cut down on fatty foods.我现在尽量少吃含脂肪多的食物。●cut sb/sth off1. interrupt sb/sth 打断ADVERBabruptly, suddenly 使突然中断◆His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain.一阵令人头晕目眩的疼痛突然打断了他的思绪。2. prevent sb/sth from leaving/reaching a place 阻断去路ADVERBcompletely, totally 彻底／全部切断effectively, largely, virtually 基本上切断；差不多切断PREPOSITIONfrom 使与⋯隔离◆They were completely cut off from the outside world.他们完全与世隔绝了。 |