axing

英 [ˈæksɪŋ]

美 [ˈæksɪŋ]

v.  （经费、人员等的）削减
ax的现在分词; axe的现在分词

复数：axings　现在分词：axing　

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柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 ax


• 斧;斧子
  Anaxeis 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.
• VERB 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销
  If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programmeis axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.
  1. 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。
• N-SING （通常为节省资金而进行的）解雇，撤销，关闭
  If a person or institution is facingthe axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 有私心；有个人打算；另有企图
  If someonehas an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• But we seldom think of axing it, said Tian.
  但我们很少会去考虑取消该专业。田杰昌说。
• This is partly for the obvious reason that axing a benefit enjoyed by many causes more uproar than one enjoyed by few.
  这在一定程度上源于一个显而易见的理由：与砍掉一项只有少数人享受的福利相比，取消一项很多人享受的福利会惹来更多的抗议。
• 'Captain Smollett, sir, axing to speak with you,' said he.
  先生，斯摩莱特船长要和你谈谈。他说。
• The publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers is close to axing the print editions of its newspapers, despite the hopes of its editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger to keep them running for several years.
  尽管主编艾伦？罗斯布里奇希望可以将印刷版多运营几年，但英国《卫报》和《观察家报》的发行商还是将削减印刷版业务。
• The committee is likely to recommend the axing of the nuclear project.
  委员会可能提议削减核能工程。
• Lots of companies sacked people last year by consolidating leadership, but only Citibank deftly managed to hide the fact that it was axing 1,100 people in a press release that talked of optimizing the customer footprint across geographies.
  去年，很多公司以巩固领导力为由裁员，只有花旗银行（Citibank）在一场新闻发布会上讲到在各地优化顾客足迹，巧妙地掩盖了裁员1100人的事实。
• But China is now considering axing its one-child policy, a senior family planning official said yesterday, amid concerns about the gender imbalance and the ageing population.
  但中国现在正考虑削减独生子女政策，一名主管计划生育的高级官员昨天表示，这其中需要考虑的是性别不平衡及老年人口问题。
• Whereas axing the canteen subsidies could have little impact on employee health and is, therefore, the safer route to saving money.
  而取消食堂补贴可能对员工的健康几乎不会产生任何影响，因此这是更安全的省钱办法。
• For oil companies, the falling price has triggered industry-wide scrutiny of capital spending, with the so-called majors the biggest groups with upstream and downstream operations expected to cut billions of dollars from exploration and development projects in the coming year, deferring and even axing programmes.
  对石油公司来说，油价下跌引发全行业评估资本支出，那些所谓的石油巨头（拥有上下游业务的大型集团）预计来年在勘探和开发项目中削减数十亿美元支出，延迟甚至放弃某些项目。
• BNP Paribas, the French investment bank, is planning a major recruitment drive in mainland China over the next two years as part of a regional revamp that includes the axing of its well-known Peregrine brand.
  法国投行巴黎银行（BNPParibas）计划未来2年在中国大陆地区大举招募人手，这是其区域重组计划的一部分。该计划包括砍掉其著名的百富勤（BNPParibasPeregrine）品牌。