| 单词 | cut |
| 释义 | cut cut // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj] (cutting, cut, cut)
1 to reduce sth, especially by a large amount: The airline is to cut 2 500 more jobs. The number of factories has been cut from 13 to 6. His salary has been cut by ten per cent. Forecasts for their 2005 profits have been cut. They cut $20 million in costs over two years.
2 to remove text or images from one place on a computer screen, in order to put them somewhere else: You can cut and paste between the programs.
IDIOMS
cut a deal (with sb); cut (sb) a deal ( to make an arrangement with sb: She cut a deal with the boss who allowed her to work on the project if she raised half the funds. They cut themselves a good deal, sharing 50% of the profits. a cut and paste 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 PHRASAL VERBS cut back (on sth); cut sth back to reduce sth: There is no evidence that shoppers were cutting back (= on spending) over the holiday season. to cut back on spending If we don't sell more we'll have to cut back production. CUTBACK cut down (on sth); cut sth down (to sth) to reduce the size, amount or number of sth: She wants to cut her travel load down to two days a week. People are cutting down on expensive services like foreign holidays. cut sb in (on sth) ( to give sb a share of the profit in a business or an activity cut sb off to interrupt sb who is speaking on the telephone by breaking the connection: We were cut off in the middle of our conversation. cut off sb/sth (often be cut off) to stop the supply of sth to sb/sth: The bank has threatened to cut off their credit. Our water supply has been cut off. ■ noun [C] PRICE CUT 1 a reduction in the amount or number of sb/sth: making a cut in interest rates an interest-rate cut The aircraft maker announced a further 1 000 cuts (= in the number of employees) last week. The managers had to take a 20% cut in pay. ❖ interest-rate/tax cuts ◆ budget/cost/expenditure/spending cuts ◆ job/pay/wage cuts ◆ a big/deep/dramatic cut ◆ to announce/implement/make/propose cuts 2 ( a share in a profit or money: We take a cut of any sales to customers that we refer to them. ❖ to get/take a cut (of sth) |
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