to reduce sth, especially by a large amount （尤指大量）削减，减少◆The airline is to cut 2 500 more jobs. 这家航空公司将要削减 2 500 多个职位。◆The number of factories has been cut from 13 to 6. 工厂的数目已从 13 家减少到 6 家。◆His salary has been cut by ten per cent. 他的工资已削减了百分之十。◆Forecasts for their 2005 profits have been cut. 对 2005 年利润的预测已经减少了。
to remove text or images from one place on a computer screen, in order to put them somewhere else 剪切◆You can cut and paste between the programs. 你可以在不同的程序间进行剪贴。
●cut a ˈdeal (with sb)●cut (sb) a ˈdeal () to make an arrangement with sb 与…达成协议◆She cut a deal with the boss who allowed her to work on the project if she raised half the funds. 她和老板达成协议，如果她筹集到一半的资金，就允许她做这个项目。●a cut and ˈpaste job () a document that sb has created quickly by taking ideas or sections of text from other documents, rather than sth original that they have worked hard on 剪贴文档 ●ˌcut ˈback (on sth)●ˌcut sth ˈbackto reduce sth 减少；削减；缩减◆There is no evidence that shoppers were cutting back (= on spending) over the holiday season. 目前没有证据显示购物者在假期里削减开支。◆to cut back on spending 削减开支◆If we don't sell more we'll have to cut back production. 如果我们不出售更多的货物，便不得不削减产量。➡cutback ●ˌcut ˈdown (on sth)●ˌcut sth ˈdown (to sth)to reduce the size, amount or number of sth 削减，减少，缩小（尺寸、数量或数目）◆She wants to cut her travel load down to two days a week. 她要把出差时间压缩到每周 2 天。●ˌcut sb ˈin (on sth) () to give sb a share of the profit in a business or an activity 让（某人）分享利润●ˌcut sb ˈoffto interrupt sb who is speaking on the telephone by breaking the connection 中断（电话通话）◆We were cut off in the middle of our conversation. 我们的电话谈到一半的时候就断线了。●ˌcut ˈoff sb/sth (often be cut off) to stop the supply of sth to sb/sth 停止，中断（供应）◆The bank has threatened to cut off their credit. 银行已扬言要停止他们的信贷。
