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

• The heavy oaken furniture had been axed, used for firewood.
  沉重的橡木家具被劈开，当作木柴。
• 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。
• It was axed soon after he became president.
  在他当上总统后，这个节目很快就被砍掉了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。