slash
verb /slæʃ/
/slæʃ/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they slash | /slæʃ/ /slæʃ/ |
| he / she / it slashes | /ˈslæʃɪz/ /ˈslæʃɪz/ |
| past simple slashed | /slæʃt/ /slæʃt/ |
| past participle slashed | /slæʃt/ /slæʃt/ |
| -ing form slashing | /ˈslæʃɪŋ/ /ˈslæʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make a long cut with a sharp object, especially in a violent way
（用利器）砍，劈 - slash something Someone had slashed the tyres on my car.
有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。 - She tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists.
她试图割腕自杀。 - We had to slash our way through the undergrowth with sticks.
我们挥舞着木棍一路劈砍，才在密林里开出一条路，穿了过去。 - One of the men slashed him across the face with a knife.
其中一个人用刀在他脸上砍了一刀。 - slash at somebody/something He slashed wildly at me with a knife.
他挥着刀子疯狂地向我砍来。 - He slashed at his opponent with his sword.
他挥剑砍向对手。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wildly
- at
- through
- with
- …
- slash something Someone had slashed the tyres on my car.
- [transitive] slash something (informal) (often used in newspapers
常用于报章 大幅度削减；大大降低 - to slash spending/prices/costs
削减开支/价格/成本 - The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
Synonyms cutcut- slash
- cut something back
- scale something back
- rationalize
- downsize
- cut to reduce something, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business:
- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
总统承诺大幅度减税。 - Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。 - His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
他的薪金减少了百分之十。 - Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
请把你的文章从 5 000 字删减到 3 000 字好吗？
- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
- slash [often passive] (rather informal) (often used in newspapers) to reduce something by a large amount:
- The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
- The workforce has been slashed by half.
- cut something back/cut back on something to reduce something, especially an amount of money or business:
- We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产了。
- We had to cut back production.
- scale something back (especially North American English or business) to reduce something, especially an amount of money or business:
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
- rationalize (British English, business) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money.
- downsize (business) to make a company or an organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs.
指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本
- to cut/slash/cut back on/scale back/rationalize spending/production
- to cut/slash/cut back on jobs
- to cut/slash/downsize the workforce
- to cut/slash/rationalize the cost of something
- to cut/slash prices/taxes/the budget
- to cut something/slash something/cut something back drastically
- A slump in the retail trade has forced the company to slash prices.
零售行业不景气迫使那家公司大幅降价。 - His salary was slashed by 20%.
他的工资降了 20%。 - Inflation was slashed in half.
通货膨胀率降低了一半。 - The company dramatically slashed its forecasts for annual profits.
该公司大幅降低了年度利润预测。 - The discount could be slashed from 15% to 10%.
折扣率可能从 15% 降低至 10%。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- drastically
- aggressively
- …
- by
- from
- to
- …
- to slash spending/prices/costs
词源late Middle English: perhaps imitative, or from Old French esclachier ‘break in pieces’. The noun dates from the late 16th cent.