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cut back phrasal verb
⇨ cut 1cut1 verb cut taxes 减税cut the bread 切面包have your hair cut 理发cut your finger 割破手指 ➡ See also the entries for ⇨ abolish, ⇨ reduce and ⇨ save 2 另见abolish条、reduce条和save条第2义cut ♦︎ slash ♦︎ cut sth back ♦︎ cut sth down ♦︎ scale sth back ♦︎ rationalize ♦︎ downsize ♦︎ scale sth downThese words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business. 这些词均表示削减、缩减、裁减，尤指减少资金或企业规模。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to cut sth / cut sth back / cut sth down / downsize sth / scale sth down from $50 000 to $40 000◆to cut sth / cut sth back / cut sth down / scale sth down by $5 000 / 30%◆to cut back / cut down on sth◆to cut / slash / cut back on / cut down on / scale back / rationalize spending / production◆to cut / slash / cut back on jobs◆to cut / slash / downsize the workforce◆to cut / slash / rationalize the cost of sth◆to cut sth / slash sth / cut sth back / cut sth down / scale sth down drastically◆to cut sth / cut sth back / cut sth down considerably■ cut (cutting, cut, cut) [transitive] to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business 削减，缩减，裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或企业规模）◆The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.总统承诺大幅减税。◆Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?请把你的文章从5 000字删减到3 000字好吗？ see also cut ⇨ reduction noun ■ slash [transitive, often passive] (rather informal, journalism 新闻) to reduce sth by a large amount 大幅削减；大大降低◆The workforce has been slashed by half.职工人数裁减了一半。◆A slump in the retail trade has forced the company to slash prices.零售行业不景气迫使那家公司大幅降价。■ ˌcut sth ˈback ■ ˌcut ˈback on sth phrasal verb (cutting, cut, cut)to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business 削减，缩减，裁减（尤指资金或业务量）◆If we don't sell more we'll have to cut back production.我们若不能多销，就得减产。◆The local authority is trying to cut back significantly on spending this year.地方当局今年试图大幅削减开支。 see also cutback ⇨ reduction ■ ˌcut sth ˈdown■ ˌcut ˈdown on sth phrasal verb (cutting, cut, cut)to reduce the size, amount or number of sth 削减，缩小（规模、数量或数目）◆The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.医生劝他少喝酒。◆I won't have a cigarette, thanks－I'm trying to cut down (= smoke fewer).谢谢，我不抽。我现在尽量少抽烟。■ ˌscale sth ˈback phrasal verb (especially NAmE or business 商业) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business 削减，缩减，裁减（尤指资金或业务量）◆The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.国际货币基金组织已经调低它对未来十年的增长预测。■ rationalize (BrE also rationalise) [transitive, intransitive] (BrE, business 商业) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money 使合理化；进行合理化改革；使增加效益◆Twenty workers lost their jobs when the department was rationalized.在部门的合理化改革中有二十名工人失业。▸ rationalization (BrE also rationalisation) noun [uncountable, countable] ◆a need for rationalization of the industry对这一行业进行合理化改革的必要性■ downsize / /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/ / [intransitive, transitive] (business 商业) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs （公司或机构）裁员，精减◆The worsening situation forced the company to downsize from 39 employees to 7.日益恶化的状况迫使那家公司将员工人数从39个裁减到7个。◆The larger companies are all planning to downsize their US operations.较大的公司都正计划精减在美国的运营。ⓘ Downsize is often used by people who want to avoid saying more obvious words like 'fire', 'dismiss', 'lay sb off' or 'make sb redundant' because they sound too negative. 用downsize常是为了避免说fire、dismiss、lay sb off或make sb redundant等更直白的词，因为这些词听起来过于负面。■ ˌscale sth ˈdown phrasal verb to reduce the number, size or extent of sth 减少（数量）；缩小（规模或范围）◆We are thinking of scaling down our training programmes next year.我们在考虑缩小明年的培训规模。◆He was using scaled-down versions of his father's tools.他使用的那些工具比他父亲的尺寸小。NOTE 辨析 Cut, cut sth back, cut sth down, scale sth back or scale sth down? Cut is the most general of these words. Cut sth back and scale sth back are both used especially to talk about money or business. Cut sth down and scale sth down are both more general, but are used more for talking about things other than money or business. * cut在这些词中含义最广。cut sth back和scale sth back尤用于谈论金钱或生意。cut sth down和scale sth down使用范围较广，但多用于谈论金钱和生意以外的事物。 |