cut back
英 [kʌt bæk]
美 [kʌt bæk]
减少; 削减; 缩减
牛津词典
- 以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business. - 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
总统承诺大幅度减税。 - Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。 - His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
他的薪金减少了百分之十。 - Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
请把你的文章从5 000字删减至3 000字好吗？
- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
- （常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
[often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount- The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
- The workforce has been slashed by half.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产。
- We had to cut back production.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
- 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money - 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs - 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
to reduce the number, size or extent of sth- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
柯林斯词典
- See also:They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items...The Government has cut back on defence spending...We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it's nine.cutback
英英释义
verb
- place restrictions on
- curtail drinking in school
- cut down on
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- dress the plants in the garden
- return in time
- the film cut back to an earlier event in the story
双语例句
- After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number of men looking for him.
那幢大建筑物完工后，建筑师便裁减了许多人。 - This kind of word has been cut back to save space.
这类词被缩短了，以便节省篇幅。 - I told you to cut back spending.
我跟你说了要少花点的嘛。 - They've cut back my working hours in order to accommodate my studies.
公司减少了我的工作时间，以便我有更多的时间学习。 - Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars
日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。 - Boel cut back on french fries and pizza and started walking, cycling and rowing.
Boel减少食用法式煎炸食品和皮萨，并开始步行、骑车和划船。 - We shall have to cut back on our spending.
我们将不得不削减我们的经费。 - Side shoots should be cut back to one leaf above the basal cluster.
应将旁枝剪至主串上一叶高处 - The gardener cut back all the bushes.
园工把所有的灌木丛都剪短了。 - Social work services have been cut back drastically.
社会工作服务已经大大减少了。