06.22 Cut常見的英語短語:cut back, cut up, cut off, cut down等

Cut back

剪短;修剪(枝葉等)

He cut back some shoots on this tree.

他剪掉了這棵樹上的一些嫩枝。

削減,減少,縮減

They had to cut back on their family expenses.

他們不得不削減家裡的開支。

Cut down

砍倒

He cut down the tree behind the house.

他把房子後面的那顆樹砍倒了。

削減;縮減

Because of the poor management of the company, they had to cut down some staff.

由於公司管理不善,他們不得不裁掉一些員工。

Cut off

切斷;停止

The power supply has been cut off in this town.

這個城鎮的電源被切斷了。

切掉;減掉; 砍掉

He cut off some small branches.

他砍掉了一些小樹枝。

Cut out

解除;停止服用

His father decided to cut out smoking.

他父親決定戒菸。

剪出;裁剪

My Chinese teacher asked me to cut these articles out of the newspaper and pasted them on a notebook.

我的語文老師讓我把這些文章從報紙上剪下來,貼在筆記本上。

刪除;刪去

It’s redundant. You should cut out this paragraph.

這是多餘的。你應該刪掉這一段。

遮擋

The tall persimmon tree cut out the sunlight.

那棵高大的柿子樹遮住了陽光。

Cut through

抄近路穿過

Let’s cut through the field to get home.

我們穿過田野抄近路回家吧。

Cut up

切碎;剪碎

I cut up some scallions and ginger.

我切碎了一些蔥和姜。

毀壞;使受傷

The solider was seriously cut up in the war.

士兵在戰爭中受傷嚴重。

使傷心,使悲痛

His results in the college entrance examination cut him up badly.

他的高考成績使他深受打擊。