cutting

音標發(fā)音

The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.
大型工廠正試圖通過削減成本以維持生存。
Jordan promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.
喬丹承諾在不減少基本服務(wù)的前提下，縮減市政預(yù)算。
His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet.
他減稅的承諾讓亢奮的人群歡呼雀躍起來。
Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.
有些公司在削減成本，希望一切好轉(zhuǎn)。
When at home, most evenings would be spent reading, cutting up and filing away his photographs.
晚上在家時，經(jīng)常都是在看書或剪切和歸類他的照片。

(ARTICLE) an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine
(PLANT) a piece cut off from a plant that can be used to grow another plant of the same type
(PASSAGE) a deep, narrow passage made through a hill for a road, railway, or canal
unkind and intending to upset someone

A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it.
A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings.
A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
A cutting is a narrow valley which has been cut through a hill so that a road or railway line can pass through.