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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But in the United States, the number of science journalists on the staff of newspapers has dropped sharply and some respected outlets have axed their science departments.
  但是在美国，报纸的科学记者数量显著下降，而一些著名媒体已经大幅削减了它们的科学新闻部门。
• Following four straight-to-DVD specials, Futurama finally returns to screens for a new series this week, seven years after the US Fox network axed production of the show.
  随着四张DVD特别版的发行，《飞出个未来》在美国福克斯电视网削减了该节目生产的七年之后，终于在本周以新的系列回到了荧屏。
• 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。
• 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。