| 释义 |
- n.斧；（遭）解雇；倒闭；被停业
- v.解雇；精简（机构等）；大量削减（经费等）；开除
- 网络斧头；斧子；战斧
复数：axes 现在分词：axing 过去分词：axed v. cut,cut back,scale down,slim down,downsize n. battleaxe,hatchet,tomahawk,halberd 1. | 斧a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc. |
2. | [sing] (informal) （遭）解雇；倒闭；被停业if sb getsthe axe , they lose their job; if an institution or a project getsthe axe , it is closed or stopped, usually because of a lack of money |
| Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm. 默西赛德的一家艰苦挣扎的公司有多达 300 名工人面临被解雇。 | | Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高兴的是当地医院得以免遭关闭。 |
IDM | She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety. 她毫无私心，这样做只是出于对他们安全的担忧。 |
have an axe to grind 有私心；有个人打算to have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause | She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety. 她毫无私心，这样做只是出于对他们安全的担忧。 |
1. | (informal) ~ sth 精简（机构等）；大量削减（经费等）to get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount |
| Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year. 其他盈利较少的服务预计今年稍晚将大量削减。 |
2. | (informal) ~ sb 解雇；开除to remove sb from their job |
| Jones has been axed from the team. 琼斯已被开除出队。 |
3. | ~ sb 用斧把…砍死to kill sb with an axe |
n. | 1. a tool consisting of a flat heavy metal head with a sharpened edge attached to a long handle, used to chop wood or fell trees 2. an abrupt dismissal from a job 3. the termination of something such as a service or series of television programmes, usually without prior warning or discussion 4. a rock guitar or a jazz saxophone 5. a situation in which a government, a company, or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or their job 1. a tool consisting of a flat heavy metal head with a sharpened edge attached to a long handle, used to chop wood or fell trees 2. an abrupt dismissal from a job 3. the termination of something such as a service or series of television programmes, usually without prior warning or discussion 4. a rock guitar or a jazz saxophone 5. a situation in which a government, a company, or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or their job | v. | 1. to end something such as a service or series of television programmes, usually without prior warning or discussion 2. to dismiss somebody from a job, especially abruptly 3. to cut something such as expenditure or services drastically 4. to close a business, stop providing a service, or get rid of workers that you do not need 1. to end something such as a service or series of television programmes, usually without prior warning or discussion 2. to dismiss somebody from a job, especially abruptly 3. to cut something such as expenditure or services drastically 4. to close a business, stop providing a service, or get rid of workers that you do not need |
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