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axed
past simple and past participle ofaxe
axe
verb[ T ]
(US alsoax)uk /æks/ us /æks/
to reduce services, jobs, payments, etc. a lot or completely without warning or in a single action: （突然）裁减，撤销，取消，砍掉
Because of the recession the company is to axe 350 jobs.因为经济不景气，公司将裁员350人。
The TV series will be axed owing to a decline in popularity.因为收视率下降，这部电视连续剧会被砍掉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
damp
dwindling
ease
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ease up/off
fall away
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
rightsize
telescope
tumble
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