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TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe
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noun [C] /æks/
singularaxe
pluralaxes
  1. 1
    a tool used for cutting down trees and cutting up large pieces of wood, consisting of a long wooden handle and a heavy metal blade 斧；斧头；长柄斧
     Synonyms and related words
    Tools mainly used with wood: adze, auger, ax...
  2. 2

    the axe

    mainly journalism a situation in which a government, a company, or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or their job 撤销；取消；解雇

    Two schools face the axe. 两所学校面临被撤销的命运。

    give someone/something the axe :

    The minister was given the axe in the ‘cash for influence' scandal. 部长因“影响金”丑闻而被革职。

     Synonyms and related words
    Forcing someone and being forced to leave a job: fire, lay off, retire...
axe
verb [T] mainly journalism /æks/
present tense
I/you/we/theyaxe
he/she/itaxes
present participleaxing
past tenseaxed
past participleaxed
  1. to close a business, stop providing a service, or get rid of workers that you do not need 关闭；撤销；取消；解雇

    Almost 1,000 jobs were axed. 几乎有1,000个工作职位被削减。

     Synonyms and related words
    Closing a business and ceasing to operate a business: close, shut down, wind up...
TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe

noun¹

 1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) tool工具VERB + AXE | AXE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERB + AXE➤brandish, carry, heft, hold, wield揮舞／帶着／舉起／手握／揮動斧頭◇A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot.慣用斧頭的人最善於步戰。➤use使用斧頭▸➤swing揮舞斧頭▸➤sharpen磨快斧頭AXE + VERB➤fall斧頭落下◇The executioner's axe fell.劊子手手起斧落。PREPOSITION➤with an/the axe用斧頭◇to chop a tree down with an axe用斧頭砍倒一棵樹PHRASES➤a blow from an axe, a blow of an axe一記板斧◇With a few swift blows of the axe, she severed the cable.她用斧子乾淨利落地砍了幾下，就把電纜切斷了。
axe

noun²

 2 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) the axe complete loss of sth/big reduction in sth完全喪失；大幅度的削減VERB + THE AXE | THE AXE + VERB VERB + THE AXE➤be given, get被取消◇His prime-time TV show is likely to get the axe.他在黃金時段的電視節目很可能會被取消。➤swing, wield (both especially BrE) 取消；大幅削減◇Wielding the axe on the prison plan would be one way of saving money.取消監獄規劃會是省錢的一種方法。➤face (BrE) 面臨解雇◇Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.默西賽德郡一家瀕臨倒閉的公司有多達 300 名工人正面臨被解雇。➤save sb/sth from使⋯免遭關閉◇Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.患者都很高興，因為當地那家醫院未遭關閉。THE AXE + VERB➤fall損失發生◇We were expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall (= where the loss would be).我們預料到有壞消息，卻不知道遭殃的會是什麼。
TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe (also ax) verb
⇨ abolish (axe services) ⇨ fire (axe jobs)

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