axe

noun

1. 斧
   a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc.
2. （遭）解雇；倒闭；被停业
   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
   1. Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.
      艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。
   2. 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。

verb

1. 精简（机构等）；大量削减（经费等）
   to get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount
   1. Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
      其他盈利较少的服务项目预定今年稍晚将大量削减。
2. 解雇；开除
   to remove sb from their job
   1. Jones has been axed from the team.
      琼斯已被开除出队。
3. 用斧把…砍死
   to kill sb with an axe

in AM, use 美国英语用 ax


1. 斧;斧子
   An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
2. VERB 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销
   If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.
   1. Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
      处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
3. N-SING （通常为节省资金而进行的）解雇，撤销，关闭
   If a person or institution is facing the axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money.
   1. St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.
      圣巴塞洛缪医院是伦敦4个面临关闭的医院之一。
4. PHRASE 有私心；有个人打算；另有企图
   If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.
   1. He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
      他看上去像是个正派的家伙，而且我对他没有任何企图。

1. Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
   处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
2. St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.
   圣巴塞洛缪医院是伦敦4个面临关闭的医院之一。
3. He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
   他看上去像是个正派的家伙，而且我对他没有任何企图。
4. He maintained that he was protecting himself from Mr Cox, who came at him with an axe.
   他坚持说当时考克斯先生拿着斧头向他冲过来，他是在自卫。
5. When I opened my eyes I saw a man with an axe standing at the end of my bed
   我睁开眼睛时，看见一个手持斧头的男人站在床尾。
6. Then the woodcutter let his axe fly — Thwack! Everyone heard it.
   然后那个伐木工脱手甩出了斧头。哐！每个人都听见了。
7. Clang, clang goes the woodman's axe.
   伐木丁丁。
8. The edge of this axe has turned.
   这把斧子卷了刃了。
9. He looks like he's got an axe to grind. Better have a talk with him.
   他看来是牢骚满腹，你最好找他谈谈。
10. Bob had an axe to grind at tom's expense.
    鲍勃以牺牲汤姆的利益来满足其私心。
11. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.
    这石斧是古代的遗物。
12. John got the axe when he arrived late for work three days in succession.
    约翰由于连续3天上班迟到而被解雇了。
13. The man hacked a shrub down with an axe.
    那男子用斧头砍倒了一株矮树。
14. In agreeing so readily, he had an axe to grind.
    他满口答应了这件事，是有他自己的算盘的。
15. Jack swung the axe and with one blow split open the door.
    杰克抡起斧头，猛地一下把门劈开。
16. He plies his axe in the woods.
    他在林中忙于砍伐。
17. Tim certainly has an axe to grind now that his salary has been reduced.
    蒂姆当然是别有企图的，他刚被降了工资。
18. An axe is a tool used cutting wood.
    斧子是一种砍木头的工具。
19. Once upon a time there comes along the woodman, and with his sharp axe he fells the oak.
    不久，来了一个樵夫，把橡树砍了去。
20. I had planned to chop up a DayGlo abstract painting using an axe.
    我本打算用斧头把一幅DayGlo的抽象画砍了。
21. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.
    老板给了他一把斧头，并带他看了他的工作地点。
22. I took the axe with me, too.
    另外，我还带了一把斧头。
23. After he was banished as a arsonist, Axe and Spear kept him.
    在以纵火犯的身份被驱逐之后，斧与矛收留了他。
24. She was killed with a climbing axe.
    她是被一把攀岩斧杀了的。
25. A man who was cutting wood on a riverside lost his axe in the water.
    一个在河边砍木头的人把斧头掉在了水中。
26. His axe sank to the bottom of the river.
    他的斧子沉到了河的底部。
27. He helps axe and spear just because he needs enough research budget.
    他帮助斧与矛只是因为他需要足够的研究经费。
28. He struck off the rotten branches with an axe.
    他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝。
29. Or I see nothing drop, while you got an axe.
    或者我看见什么都没有掉落，而你获得了一把斧头。

  dismiss axe fire lay off remove sack【导航词义：解雇】

  dismiss v. 开除，解雇

〔辨析〕指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。

  axe v. 突然解雇

〔辨析〕指突然解除某人的职务。

  fire v. 〈口〉解雇，开除

〔辨析〕指强行解除某人的职务，常可与 sack 换用。

  lay off phr. v. 解雇

〔辨析〕指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。

  remove v. 开除，罢免

〔辨析〕指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。

  sack v. 〈英，非正式〉开除，解雇

〔辨析〕解除某人的职务。

n.

have an axe to grind

• 有私心；有个人打算
  to have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause
  1. 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心。

noun

1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

   Synonym:    ax

verb

1. terminate
   1. The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it

   Synonym:    ax

2. chop or split with an ax
   1. axe wood

   Synonym:    ax