cut

【发音】

美 /kʌt/ 英 /kʌt/

【翻译】

1. v.切，割，剪；减少

   英释:to divide something or separate something from its main part, using scissors, a knife etc

【短语】

1. cut off : 切断；中断；使死亡；剥夺继承权

2. cut down : v. 削减；砍倒；杀死；删节；胜过

3. cut in : 插嘴；超车；插入

4. cut into : v. 打断；侵犯

5. cut out : 切断；删去；停止；关掉

6. cut back : 削减；修剪；（美）倒叙；[球]急忙返回

7. cut short : v. 缩短；打断；缩减

8. cut from : 从…上切下

9. cut through : 刺穿；抄近路走过

10. cut down on : 削减，减少

11. cut up : vt. 切碎；抨击

12. cut back on : 削减，缩减；减低

13. cut on : v. 很快向前走；赶路

14. short cut : 短路，捷径；快捷方式

15. cut away : 切掉，砍掉

16. tax cut : 减税

17. power cut : 供电中断，停电

18. cut across : 抄近路通过；径直穿过；打断

19. cut flower : n. 切花，鲜切花；插瓶花

20. cut out for : 适合于，准备；与……相配合

【例句】

1. Do you want me to cut the cake?

   要我切蛋糕吗？

2. They’re introducing CCTV cameras in an attempt to cut street crime in the area.

   为了减少该地区的街头犯罪，他们安装了闭路电视摄像机。

3. You need to cut the amount of fat and sugar in your diet.

   你需要减少饮食中脂肪和糖的摄入量。

4. Scientists are warning that unless carbon emissions are cut, we could be heading for an environmental catastrophe.

   科学家警告说如果不减少碳排放量，我们可能会面临环境灾难。

5. Seven hundred jobs will be lost in order to cut costs and boost profits.

   为了降低成本，提高利润，将削减700个职位。

6. The major aviation companies need to cut prices if they are to compete with budget airlines.

   大航空公司如果想和廉价的航空公司竞争，就需要降低价格。

7. Staffing levels had already been cut to the bone (= reduced to the lowest level possible ) .

   人员配备已经削减到了最低限度。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...most of the people had said they’d rather cut down gradually before quitting...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The other cut down gradually over the course of two weeks...

3. (2016.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...closing post officers is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs...

4. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 写作题)...people should cut down their computer use for health and social reasons...

5. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...When consumers need to cut spending...

6. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...Look for expenses that can be cut back...

7. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...which increased spending on advertising by more than 7% last year as others cut back...

8. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs...

9. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports...

10. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoor warmth in winter...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.削减；[机]切割；缩短；刺痛

   shorten/bite/

2. vi.[机]切割；相交；切牌；停拍；不出席

   intersect/

3. n.削减；伤口；切口；（服装等的）式样；削球

   wound/incision/

4. adj.缩减的；割下的；雕过的

   reduced/scrimpy/

【同根词】

1. adj

   cutty : 短的，极短的；锐利的

   cuttable : 可缩减的

2. n

   cutter : 刀具，切割机；切割者；裁剪者

   cutty : 短匙，短柄烟斗