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axeBrE /æks/NAmE /æks/ noun(especially BrE) (US usually ax) a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc. 斧 ➡ see also battleaxe, ice axe, pickaxe the axe [sing.] (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 （遭）解雇；倒闭；被停业◆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。 ●ˌhave an ˈaxe to grindto have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause 有私心；有个人打算◆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。 axeBrE /æks/NAmE /æks/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they axe BrE /æks/ NAmE /æks/present simple - he / she / it axes BrE /ˈæksɪz/ NAmE /ˈæksɪz/past simple axed BrE /ækst/ NAmE /ækst/past participle axed BrE /ækst/ NAmE /ækst/ -ing form axing BrE /ˈæksɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈæksɪŋ/(BrE) (US ax) [often passive] ~ sth(informal) () to get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount 精简（机构等）；大量削减（经费等）◆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被大量削减。~ sb(informal) () to remove sb from their job 解雇；开除◆Jones has been axed from the team. 琼斯已被开除出队。~ sbto kill sb with an axe 用斧把…砍死 |
