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
- 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。 - When she passed it up, she was diverted to a marginal job, then axed in February, while the employee who took the full-time slot was spared.
当她婉拒后，就被发配到一个无关紧要的工作岗位上，之后在2月份被裁员了，而接受了那份全职工作的员工则幸免被裁员的厄运。 - 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。 - Finance chiefs have slashed forecasts for earnings and capital spending in 2009 and have raised their estimates for the number of jobs to be axed next year.
首席财务官们大幅调低了2009年收益和资本支出预测，并提高了对明年裁员数量的预期。 - I used to work in a supermarket but was axed when the firm had a bad trading year.
我曾在一家超级市场工作；但有一年生意不景气时，我便被解雇了。 - 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。 - Across Asia-Pacific, as routes were being axed and savage cost-cuts implemented, marketing budgets were largely frozen.
整个亚太地区，由于许多航线停飞以及大幅度消减成本，营销预算曾被大量冻结。 - 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。 - Employers, for example, were much more likely to refuse requests for overtime and training, while 20 per cent said they had axed free drinks and biscuits at company meetings.
例如，雇主更有可能拒绝员工加班和培训的申请，而20%的雇主表示，他们已取消在公司开会时提供免费饮料和小点心。