axed
v. (用斧)砍( axe的过去式和过去分词 ); 精简(机构等); 大量削减(经费等)
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.
If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.
Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
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.
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。
If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.
He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
他看上去像是个正派的家伙,而且我对他没有任何企图。
Sitting pole-axed on the sofa, Mahoney stared in astonishment at the spectacle before him.
马奥尼不知所措地坐在沙发上,吃惊地盯着眼前的景象。
We were all absolutely pole - axed by the terrible news.
那可怕的消息传来,我们都吓得不知所措.
The heavy oaken furniture had been axed, used for firewood.
沉重的橡木家具被劈开, 当作木柴.
Five hundred jobs axed as a result of finicial crisis.
由于经济危机的缘故,有五百人被解雇了.
Several thousand jobs are to be axed.
几千人就业被削减了.