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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。 |