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

• 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。
• 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。
• Public services should be maintained but administration expenses need to be axed to a minimum.
  公共事业的费用必须保留，但行政开支需要大力削减到最低限度。
• Many TV shows have been axed because of poor ratings.
  由于收视率太低，许多电视节目被砍掉了。
• 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。
• She was found axed near Nam mountain here.
  我们发现她在南山附近被斧子砍死了。
• Jo danehl, a director at cartus intercultural and language solutions in the US, says during the recession a lot of youth programmes were axed but now businesses are buying again.
  美国凯图跨文化及语言解决方案（cartusinterculturalandlanguagesolutions）总监乔丹尼尔（jodanehl）表示，本次衰退期间，有许多青少年培训项目被砍掉，但现在企业已重新开始购买。
• 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。
• 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。