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TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe
noun [C] /æks/
singularaxe
pluralaxes
  1. 1
    a tool used for cutting down trees and cutting up large pieces of wood, consisting of a long wooden handle and a heavy metal blade 斧;斧头;长柄斧
     Synonyms and related words
    Tools mainly used with wood: adze, auger, ax...
  2. 2

    the axe

    mainly journalism a situation in which a government, a company, or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or their job 撤销;取消;解雇

    Two schools face the axe. 两所学校面临被撤销的命运。

    give someone/something the axe :

    The minister was given the axe in the ‘cash for influence' scandal. 部长因“影响金”丑闻而被革职。

     Synonyms and related words
axe
verb [T] mainly journalism /æks/
present tense
I/you/we/theyaxe
he/she/itaxes
present participleaxing
past tenseaxed
past participleaxed
  1. to close a business, stop providing a service, or get rid of workers that you do not need 关闭;撤销;取消;解雇

    Almost 1,000 jobs were axed. 几乎有1,000个工作职位被削减。

TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe

noun¹

1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) tool工具VERB + AXE | AXE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERB + AXEbrandish, carry, heft, hold, wield揮舞/帶着/舉起/手握/揮動斧頭A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot.慣用斧頭的人最善於步戰。use使用斧頭swing揮舞斧頭sharpen磨快斧頭AXE + VERBfall斧頭落下The executioner's axe fell.劊子手手起斧落。PREPOSITIONwith an/the axe用斧頭to chop a tree down with an axe用斧頭砍倒一棵樹PHRASESa blow from an axe, a blow of an axe一記板斧With a few swift blows of the axe, she severed the cable.她用斧子乾淨利落地砍了幾下,就把電纜切斷了。
axe

noun²

2 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ax) the axe complete loss of sth/big reduction in sth完全喪失;大幅度的削減VERB + THE AXE | THE AXE + VERB VERB + THE AXEbe given, get被取消His prime-time TV show is likely to get the axe.他在黃金時段的電視節目很可能會被取消。swing, wield (both especially BrE) 取消;大幅削減Wielding the axe on the prison plan would be one way of saving money.取消監獄規劃會是省錢的一種方法。face (BrE) 面臨解雇Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.默西賽德郡一家瀕臨倒閉的公司有多達 300 名工人正面臨被解雇。save sb/sth from使⋯免遭關閉Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.患者都很高興,因為當地那家醫院未遭關閉。THE AXE + VERBfall損失發生We were expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall (= where the loss would be).我們預料到有壞消息,卻不知道遭殃的會是什麼。
TOEFL BNC: 7056 COCA: 11388
axe (also ax) verb
abolish (axe services) fire (axe jobs)

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