| (also esp US ax) [/æks; æks/] n 用法:
1 tool with a handle and a heavy metal blade used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc 斧; 斧子:
(fig 比喻) apply the axe to (ie drastically reduce) local government spending 大刀阔斧削减地方政府的开支. =>illus 见插图. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) get the `axe (infml) be removed or dismissed, esp from a job 被解雇; 被开除:
A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe. 造船业的很多人将被解雇. ,have an `axe to grind have private reasons for being involved in sth 有私心; 有个人打算; 另有企图:
She's only doing it out of kindness she's got no particular axe to grind. 她只是出於好心--倒不是别有用心. |