ADJECTIVE | VERB + CUTBACK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤drastic, major, severe, sharp大幅度縮減;大規模裁減▸➤budget, budgetary, economic, financial預算緊縮;經濟縮減;財政緊縮➤production產量縮減▸➤federal, government聯邦政府/政府縮減VERB + CUTBACK➤impose, make加以縮減;進行裁減◇Many schools are having to make major cutbacks.許多學校正不得不進行大規模裁員。➤announce宣佈削減PREPOSITION➤cutback in在⋯方面的縮減◇a sharp cutback in military spending軍費開支的急劇縮減