axe 英 [æks]   美 [æks]

axe

axe  英 [æks] 美 [æks]

n.   vt. 削减;用斧砍 

进行时:axeing  过去式:axed  过去分词:axed  第三人称单数:axes  名词复数:axes 

The edge of this axe has turned. 这把斧子卷了刃了。
Please sharpen the edge of this axe. 请把这把斧头的刃磨快。

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  • n.
  • vt. 削减;用斧砍
  • 1. The edge of this axe has turned.

    这把斧子卷了刃了。

  • 2. Please sharpen the edge of this axe.

    请把这把斧头的刃磨快。

  • 3. Despite this, the Conservatives have decided to axe the watchdog that was set up a decade ago to regulate the junk-food companies.

    尽管如此,保守党还是决定削减那些监视者,而他们是十年前被设置用来监督垃圾食品生产公司的。

axe / æks ; NAmE æks / noun , verb axe axes axed axing noun ( especially BrE) ( US usually ax ) 1 a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc. see also battleaxe , ice axe , pickaxe 2 the axe [singular ] ( informal) ( often used in newspapers 常用于报刊中 ) if sb gets the axe,they lose their job; if an institution or a project gets the axe,it is closed or stopped, usually because of a lack of money (遭)解雇;倒闭;被停业 Up to 300 workers are facing the axeat a struggling Merseyside firm. 默西赛德的一家艰苦挣扎的公司有多达 300 名工人面临被解雇。 Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高兴的是当地医院得以免遭关闭。 IDIOM ˌhave an ˈaxe to grind to have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause 有私心;有个人打算 She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety. 她毫无私心,这样做只是出于对他们安全的关怀。 verb ( BrE) ( US ax ) [often passive ] 1 axesth ( informal) ( often used in newspapers 常用于报刊中 ) to get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount 精简(机构等);大量削减(经费等) Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year. 其他盈利较少的服务预计今年稍晚将大量削减。 2 axesb ( informal) ( often used in newspapers 常用于报刊中 ) to remove sb from their job 解雇;开除 Jones has been axed from the team. 琼斯已被开除出队。 3 axesb to kill sb with an axe 用斧把…砍死 axe / æks ; NAmE æks /
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