[transitive] (cutting, cut, cut) to reduce sth, especially by a large amount（尤指大量）削减，减少◆The airline is to cut 2 500 more jobs.这家航空公司将要削减 2 500 多个职位。◆The number of factories has been cut from 13 to 6.工厂的数目已从 13 家减少到 6 家。◆His salary has been cut by ten per cent.他的工资已削减了百分之十。◆Forecasts for their 2005 profits have been cut.对 2005 年利润的预测已经减少了。to remove text or images from one place on a computer screen, in order to put them somewhere else剪切◆You can cut and paste between the programs.你可以在不同的程序间进行剪贴。 ●cut a ˈdeal (with sb) ●cut (sb) a ˈdeal (informal) to make an arrangement with sb与…达成协议◆She cut a deal with the boss who allowed her to work on the project if she raised half the funds.她和老板达成协议，如果她筹集到一半的资金，就允许她做这个项目。●a cut and ˈpaste job (informal) a document that sb has created quickly by taking ideas or sections of text from other documents, rather than sth original that they have worked hard on剪贴文档 ●ˌcut ˈback (on sth) ●ˌcut sth ˈbackto reduce sth减少；削减；缩减◆There is no evidence that shoppers were cutting back (= on spending) over the holiday season.目前没有证据显示购物者在假期里削减开支。◆to cut back on spending削减开支◆If we don't sell more we'll have to cut back production.如果我们不出售更多的货物，便不得不削减产量。  ➡  cutback ●ˌcut ˈdown (on sth) ●ˌcut sth ˈdown (to sth)to reduce the size, amount or number of sth削减，减少，缩小（尺寸、数量或数目）◆She wants to cut her travel load down to two days a week.她要把出差时间压缩到每周 2 天。●ˌcut sb ˈin (on sth) (informal) to give sb a share of the profit in a business or an activity让（某人）分享利润●ˌcut sb ˈoffto interrupt sb who is speaking on the telephone by breaking the connection中断（电话通话）◆We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.我们的电话谈到一半的时候就断线了。●ˌcut ˈoff sb/sth (often be cut off) to stop the supply of sth to sb/sth停止，中断（供应）◆The bank has threatened to cut off their credit.银行已扬言要停止他们的信贷。