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TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe
æks
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense axes, present participle axing, past tense , past participle axed
in AM, use 美国英语用 ax
1 N-COUNT ;斧子 An axe is 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. ;斧子
2 VERB [usually passive] 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销 If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion. 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销
  • Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments. [be VERB-ed]

    处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。

3 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 facing the axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money. (通常为节省资金而进行的)解雇,撤销,关闭 [journalism]
  • 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。

4 PHRASE 有私心;有个人打算;另有企图 If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons. 有私心;有个人打算;另有企图 [informal, disapproval]
  • He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him. [+ with]

    他看上去像是个正派的家伙,而且我对他没有任何企图。

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TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe

noun¹

1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) tool工具VERB + AXE | AXE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERB + AXEbrandish, carry, heft, hold, wield揮舞/帶着/舉起/手握/揮動斧頭A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot.慣用斧頭的人最善於步戰。use使用斧頭swing揮舞斧頭sharpen磨快斧頭AXE + VERBfall斧頭落下The executioner's axe fell.劊子手手起斧落。PREPOSITIONwith an/the axe用斧頭to chop a tree down with an axe用斧頭砍倒一棵樹PHRASESa blow from an axe, a blow of an axe一記板斧With a few swift blows of the axe, she severed the cable.她用斧子乾淨利落地砍了幾下,就把電纜切斷了。
axe

noun²

2 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) the axe complete loss of sth/big reduction in sth完全喪失;大幅度的削減VERB + THE AXE | THE AXE + VERB VERB + THE AXEbe given, get被取消His prime-time TV show is likely to get the axe.他在黃金時段的電視節目很可能會被取消。swing, wield (both especially BrE) 取消;大幅削減Wielding the axe on the prison plan would be one way of saving money.取消監獄規劃會是省錢的一種方法。face (BrE) 面臨解雇Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.默西賽德郡一家瀕臨倒閉的公司有多達 300 名工人正面臨被解雇。save sb/sth from使⋯免遭關閉Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.患者都很高興,因為當地那家醫院未遭關閉。THE AXE + VERBfall損失發生We were expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall (= where the loss would be).我們預料到有壞消息,卻不知道遭殃的會是什麼。
TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe (also ax) verb
abolish (axe services) fire (axe jobs)

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