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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of finicial crisis.
  由于经济危机的缘故，有五百人被解雇了。
• 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。
• She was found axed near Nam mountain here.
  我们发现她在南山附近被斧子砍死了。
• 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。