axe

英 [æks] 美 [æks]

• n. 斧；解雇；倒闭
• vt. 用斧砍；解雇；大量削减

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]斧子

   a tool with a wooden handle an a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc.

2. [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)

1. vt. 用斧把…砍死

   kill sb with an axe

2. vt. 解雇; 开除

   remove sb from their job

3. vt. 精简; 削减

   get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 斧，斧子
2. 战斧，砍头斧，刽子手的斧
3. <口>解雇，人员裁减
4. (机构等的)撤销，砍除，砍掉
5. (计划等的)取消
6. (经费的)大幅度削减
7. <美俚>乐器(尤指管乐器和吉他)，表演者的乐器

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1. =ax（美）

v. 动词

1. 砍，用斧砍
2. 用斧把…砍死
3. 大量削减，大刀阔斧地削减，精简
4. 解雇，开除，裁减
5. 切掉，割掉
6. 去掉，消除，除去，摆脱
7. 取消(计划等)

英英释义

Noun:

1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

Verb:

1. chop or split with an ax;

   "axe wood"
   

2. terminate;

   "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The heavy axe was awkward to use.
   这把重斧头不好用。
2. 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。
3. A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe.
   造船业的很多人将被解雇。
4. 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.)

1. Jones has been axed from the team.
   琼斯已被开除出队。
2. School grants are to be axed next year.
   学校补助金明年将大大削减。
3. We should axe nonproductive expenditures.
   我们应该大力削减非生产性开支。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. An axe is a tool used cutting wood.
   斧子是一种砍木头的工具。
2. The heavy axe was awkward to use.
   这把大斧子使用不便。
3. Nobody really knows which way the axe is going to fall.
   确实没人知道谁会碰上(倒霉)。
4. 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。
5. Julian used an axe to chop the old apple tree down.
   朱利安用斧子砍倒了老苹果树。
6. Two schools face the axe.
   两所学校面临被撤销的命运。
7. My favorite TV show has got the axe.
   我喜欢的电视节目停了。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. The minister was given the axe in the “cash for influence” scandal.
    部长因“影响金”丑闻而被革职。
15. Have you decided to hang up your axe?
    你打算不干了吗？
16. 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。
17. He felt no hesitation in giving me the axe.
    他毫不迟疑地把我开除。
18. 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。
19. He chopped the tree with an axe.
    他用斧子把树砍倒。
20. 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。
21. 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.

1. The lumberjacks axed down the tree.
   伐木工用斧把树砍倒。
2. The company has axed 50 jobs recently.
   该公司最近裁员50名。
3. 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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4. Almost 1000 jobs were axed.
   几乎有1000个工作职位被削减。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

have an axe to grind

有私心; 有个人打算 have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• apply the axe to nonproductive expenditures 削减非生产性开支
• get the axe 被斩首,被解雇,(计划等)被取消
• grind an axe 磨斧头
• have an axe to grind 有自私企图
• lay the axe to the root of 着手根除
• put the axe in the helve 解决难题; 得出正确结论
• send the axe after the helve 为指望收回烂账又借出钱; 想捞回损失反而损失更大; 孤注一掷
• set the axe to 着手砍倒
• swing an axe 挥舞斧子
• wield an axe 挥动斧子
• hang up one's axe 退休

形容词+～

• broad axe 板斧
• heavy axe 大斧子

名词+～

• meat axe 剁肉斧头

～+名词

• axe head 斧头

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. axe的基本意思是“斧子”,用于比喻可指“(遭)解雇; (被)撤销; (被)停业”等。
2. axe在美式英语中常写作ax。

v. (动词)

1. axe用作动词的基本意思是“用斧把…砍死”,用于比喻可表示“开除; 解雇”“精简(机构); 大量削减(经费)”等。
2. axe是及物动词,接简单宾语,可用于被动语态。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hatchet 短柄小斧
• cut 切
• cut back 削减
• scale down 按比例缩小
• slim down 消瘦
• downsize 缩小规模
• dismiss 开除
• fire 火
• broadaxe 大斧
• discharge 排出
• chopper 砍劈者
• adz 手斧
• put an end to 结束
• battle-axe 战斧
• battleaxe 悍妇
• tomahawk 战斧
• chop 劈
• cleave 裂开
• halberd 戟(十五至十六世纪使用的...
• split 分裂
• hack 劈或砍
• hew 砍
• cut up 切碎
• up 向上
• ax 斧子