[C]斧子 a tool with a wooden handle an a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc.
[S](遭)解雇; 倒闭; 被停业 (informal)if sb gets the axe, they lose their job; if an institution or a project gets the axe, it is closed or stopped, usually because of a lack of money
v. (动词)
vt. 用斧把…砍死 kill sb with an axe
vt. 解雇; 开除 remove sb from their job
vt. 精简; 削减 get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount
英英释义
Noun:
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Verb:
chop or split with an ax;
"axe wood"
terminate;
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
双语例句
1. Then the woodcutter let his axe fly— Thwack! Everyone heard it.
然后那个伐木工脱手甩出了斧头。哐！每个人都听见了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.
艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。
来自《权威词典》
4. He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.
他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.
斧头太钝,砍不倒树.
来自《简明英汉词典》
用作名词 (n.)
The heavy axe was awkward to use. 这把重斧头不好用。
The man cleft a block of wood in two with an axe. 那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。
A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe. 造船业的很多人将被解雇。
Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高兴的是当地医院获挽救免遭关闭。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
Jones has been axed from the team. 琼斯已被开除出队。
School grants are to be axed next year. 学校补助金明年将大大削减。
We should axe nonproductive expenditures. 我们应该大力削减非生产性开支。
用作名词 (n.)
An axe is a tool used cutting wood. 斧子是一种砍木头的工具。
The heavy axe was awkward to use. 这把大斧子使用不便。
Nobody really knows which way the axe is going to fall. 确实没人知道谁会碰上(倒霉)。
Jack swung the axe and with one blow split open the door. 杰克抡起斧头,猛地一下把门劈开。
Julian used an axe to chop the old apple tree down. 朱利安用斧子砍倒了老苹果树。
Two schools face the axe. 两所学校面临被撤销的命运。
My favorite TV show has got the axe. 我喜欢的电视节目停了。
Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm. 艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。
I ask for a raise, but it got the axe from my boss. 我要求加薪,但遭到老板的拒绝。
We were going to build a new school but it got the axe from the government. 我们原来准备建一所新学校,但政府取消了这件事。
They got the axe after they were discovered stealing computers from the office. 他们被发现偷盗办公室的电脑后立刻就被开除了。
John got the axe when he arrived late for work three days in succession. 约翰由于连续3天上班迟到而被解雇了。
Religious programmes will be the first to get the axe if she's put in charge of the station. 如果她负责电台的工作,首先就要取消宗教节目。
The minister was given the axe in the “cash for influence” scandal. 部长因“影响金”丑闻而被革职。
Have you decided to hang up your axe? 你打算不干了吗？
They give guys the axe frequently at the school.It has a very good academic rating. 那所学校的学术水平很高,经常开除不及格的学生。
He felt no hesitation in giving me the axe. 他毫不迟疑地把我开除。
Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高兴的是当地医院获挽救免遭关闭。
He chopped the tree with an axe. 他用斧子把树砍倒。
One of them chopped through the planks with her axe. 其中一人用她的斧头劈开了那些木板。
He felled the tree with a dozen blows of his axe. 他十几斧头就把树砍倒了。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.
The lumberjacks axed down the tree. 伐木工用斧把树砍倒。
The company has axed 50 jobs recently. 该公司最近裁员50名。
The city council is axing recycling facilities in order to save money. 市政会为了省钱正在削减废物回收利用设施。
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Almost 1000 jobs were axed. 几乎有1000个工作职位被削减。
750 jobs were axed as a result of government spending cuts. 由于政府缩减经费的缘故,有750人被突然解雇了。
The company is losing money so a quarter of our staff has to be axed. 公司亏损,因此四分之一的雇员将被解雇。
After six months the project was axed by the government. 六个月之后,该项计划就被政府砍掉了。
Many TV shows have been axed because of poor ratings. 由于收视率太低,许多电视节目被砍掉了。
Public services should be maintained but administration expenses need to be axed to a minimum. 公共事业的费用必须保留,但行政开支需要大力削减到最低限度。
