美 [tu kʌt daʊn]
减少或使用更少的某物：指减少某种物质或使用更少的某物。
小灵通机站 cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) 小潜细蛾属 phyllonorycter 削减 to cut down; reduce; to reduce; to lower ..
... 裁缝师 tailor 裁减 to reduce; to lessen; to cut down 裁减军备 arms reduction ...
... 斯氏短体线虫 pratylenchus scribneri 缩短 to cut down; to curtail 先开启最短的路径 open shortest path first ...
Car owners were asked to cut down travel.
车主们被要求减少出行。
Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.
大多数学校都极不愿意为了减少开支而裁员。
You need to cut down on starches.
你有必要少吃些含淀粉的东西。
The Lebanese military says it soldiers opened fire when the Israelis strayed across the border to cut down a tree.
VOA : standard.2010.08.03
When we're doing something that is interactive, we have to cut down on the detail of what we're doing because we can't support that in real time, but nonetheless there're lots of things we can do interactively.
当我们在做一些,互动性的项目时，我们需要减少,正在做的细节,因为在实际时间里,我们并没有足够时间支持它，但是还有很多其他东西,可以做得具有互动性。
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And if the other countries aren't going to cut down on their fishing, then you want to catch the fish now, because there aren't going to be any there tomorrow.
如果其他国家不打算减少捕捞量,那么你现在就想先把鱼都捞起来,因为没准明天就会无鱼可捞了
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"I have to cut down . It is an Indian wedding, so you cannot do without gold, so I have to give,".
VOA : standard.2009.09.19
For years, might?" doctors have been telling patients to cut down on saturated fats - the kinds of fats in meats and milk,for example.
VOA : standard.2010.03.25
The biotech is actually restricting Avastin sales now to cut down on unapproved use.
The plans are designed to cut down on excessive drinking and improve people's health.
But for patients with mild hypertension, it could mean being able to cut down their medication.