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

• Yes, he was axed; but he recaptured the mantle of most liked Groupon person, even if just for a moment.
  确实，他被炒了鱿鱼；但他藉此夺回了Groupon的最佳人气宝座，哪怕只是昙花一现的功夫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was found axed near Nam mountain here.
  我们发现她在南山附近被斧子砍死了。
• MARIO BALOTELLI has been axed by Roberto Mancini for being lazy and miserable.
  超级马里奥因为懒惰和别扭被曼齐宁从首发中裁掉了。