slashing

英 [ˈslæʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈslæʃɪŋ]

v.  (用利器)砍，劈; 大幅度削减; 大大降低
slash的现在分词

复数：slashings　现在分词：slashing　

BNC.46504 / COCA.33921

柯林斯词典

• VERB 割破;在…上留下深长的切口
  If youslashsomething, you make a long, deep cut in it.
  1. He came within two minutes of bleeding to death after slashing his wrists.
     若再晚两分钟割腕的他就会因失血过多而死。
  2. Slashis also a noun.
     
  3. Make deep slashes in the meat and push in the spice paste.
     在肉上切出深深的口子，再把辣酱塞进切口中。
• VERB 挥砍;劈
  If youslash ata person or thing, you quickly hit at them with something such as a knife.
  1. He slashed at her, aiming carefully.
     他仔细地瞄准她劈了过去。
• VERB 大量削减
  Toslashsomething such as costs or jobs means to reduce them by a large amount.
  1. Car makers could be forced to slash prices after being accused of overcharging yesterday...
     昨天被指控要价太高之后，汽车生产商可能会被迫大幅度降价。
  2. Everyone agrees that subsidies have to be slashed.
     所有人都同意必须大幅度削减补贴。
• 斜线号
  You sayslashto refer to a sloping line that separates letters, words, or numbers. For example, if you are giving the number 340/2/K you say 'Three four zero, slash two, slash K.'

英英释义

adj

• as if striking with slashing blows
  1. his slashing demon-ridden cadenza

双语例句

• The disagreement happened in spite of staff economists slashing their forecasts for growth and inflation in the currency area.
  尽管在欧洲央行任职的经济学家大幅调降了欧元区的增长和通胀预期，但政策制定者中间仍然出现了分歧。
• Most European nations are slashing defence spending. Many still have forces that are not deployable.
  大多数欧洲国家都在削减国防开支，许多国家的军队仍然无法部署。
• But from mid-2009 onwards, measures were taken to reduce the fiscal deficit by slashing expenditure and increasing revenues.
  但从2009年年中开始，冰岛采取了一些措施，通过大幅削减开支、增加收入来降低财政赤字。
• Across the industry, studios have reduced costs drastically this year, cutting jobs and slashing marketing budgets.
  在整个行业，各制片公司今年已急剧削减成本，裁减职位并大幅缩减营销预算。
• Rather than slashing jobs, the government is adding more.
  政府不但没有大幅度削减职位，反而增加了更多。
• While slashing costs, the company has been developing more attractive vehicles in hopes they will lift sales.
  在削减成本的同时，该公司也在开发更多具有吸引力的车型，希望借此拉动销售。
• The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates.
  总统选择通过大幅降低利率来重新拉动经济增长。
• When it's apparent that we've underestimated project complexity, slashing test time is a very poor decision.
  当我们发现我们低估了项目的复杂性的时候，缩短测试时间是一个糟糕的决定。
• They cannot easily adjust by slashing public services and reducing the population.
  它们无法轻易地通过砍掉公共服务和减少人口来进行调整。
• Slashing costs is not the main rationale for this deal, however.
  不过，削减成本并不是这宗交易背后的主要动机。