cut back

• • 切短；剪短；修剪(枝叶等)：

    The gardener cut back all the bushes.

    园丁把所有的灌木丛都修剪了。

  • 削减，减少，缩减：

    They were forced to cut back production.

    他们被迫减产。

  • [美国英语]倒叙；重叙(已讲过的情节)，再现：

    The film cut back to the earlier scene so that we understood her reasons.

    影片倒叙往事，这样我们就了解到了她的原因。

  • 【足球】(盘球者)急转方向：

    The footballer pretended to run forward,then cut back and took the ball the other way.

    这个足球运动员假装向前跑去，接着突然转变方向，把球带往另一边。