n.斧；解雇；倒閉
vt.用斧砍；解雇；大量削減
The man cleft a block of wood in two with an axe. 那人用斧頭把一塊木頭劈成兩半。
A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe. 造船業(yè)的很多人將被解雇。
Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高興的是當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)院獲挽救免遭關(guān)閉。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)Jones has been axed from the team. 瓊斯已被開除出隊(duì)。
School grants are to be axed next year. 學(xué)校補(bǔ)助金明年將大大削減。
We should axe nonproductive expenditures. 我們應(yīng)該大力削減非生產(chǎn)性開支。
axe的基本意思是“斧子”,用于比喻可指“(遭)解雇; (被)撤銷; (被)停業(yè)”等。
axe在美式英語中常寫作ax。
v.(動(dòng)詞)axe用作動(dòng)詞的基本意思是“用斧把…砍死”,用于比喻可表示“開除; 解雇”“精簡(jiǎn)(機(jī)構(gòu)); 大量削減(經(jīng)費(fèi))”等。
axe是及物動(dòng)詞,接簡(jiǎn)單賓語,可用于被動(dòng)語態(tài)。
