cut down

• • 把…砍倒：

    Half of the forest was cut down to make room for the road.

    为了给新公路腾出地方，这片树林已经被砍去了一半。

  • 缩减，削减：

    They have to cut down the office staff.

    他们不得不裁减办公室的职员。

  • 缩短；删节：

    This article is too long,you have to cut it down to 1,000 words.

    这篇文章太长，你得把它压缩到一千字才行。

  • 砍杀；枪杀；杀害；夺去…的生命；损害…的健康：

    He was cut down in a car accident.

    他死于车祸。

  • 超过；胜过；击败：

    Jim was beginning to argue wildly again,getting his facts wrong,so his elder brother cut him down.

    吉姆又激烈地争辩起来，把论据都搞错了，于是他的哥哥就把他击败了。

  • 说服…降价；要求…减少收费：

    In the end I cut the dealer down by another ￡5.00.

    最后，我使这个商人又降价五英镑。