axe
英 [æks]
美 [æks]
n. 斧; (遭)解雇; 倒闭; 被停业
v. 精简(机构等); 大量削减(经费等); 解雇; 开除; 用斧把…砍死
过去分词：axed 过去式：axed 现在分词：axeing 第三人称单数：axes
Collins.2 / BNC.7056 / COCA.11388
同义词辨析
dismissaxefirelay offremovesack【导航词义：解雇】
dismissv. 开除，解雇
〔辨析〕
指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。
〔例证〕
That teacher was dismissed/fired/sacked secretly.
那名教师被秘密开除了。
Employees can be dismissed/fired/sacked for playing computer games at work.
员工上班时间玩电脑游戏会遭到解雇。
那名教师被秘密开除了。
Employees can be dismissed/fired/sacked for playing computer games at work.
员工上班时间玩电脑游戏会遭到解雇。
axev. 突然解雇
〔辨析〕
指突然解除某人的职务。
〔例证〕
The company announced Thursday their plan to axe 180 employees.
该公司周四宣布计划裁员180人。
Vera has been axed from the team.
薇拉已被开除出队。
该公司周四宣布计划裁员180人。
Vera has been axed from the team.
薇拉已被开除出队。
firev. 〈口〉解雇，开除
〔辨析〕
指强行解除某人的职务，常可与 sack 换用。
〔例证〕
He has just been fired/sacked for being late.
他刚刚因为迟到被解雇。
The company fired/sacked him and he didn't know what to do.
公司把他开除了，他不知该怎么办。
他刚刚因为迟到被解雇。
The company fired/sacked him and he didn't know what to do.
公司把他开除了，他不知该怎么办。
lay offphr. v. 解雇
〔辨析〕
指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。
〔例证〕
The chain store laid off 500 workers in October.
这家连锁店10月份裁员500人。
Millions of workers were laid off during the economic crisis.
经济危机期间，数百万工人被解雇。
这家连锁店10月份裁员500人。
Millions of workers were laid off during the economic crisis.
经济危机期间，数百万工人被解雇。
removev. 开除，罢免
〔辨析〕
指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。
〔例证〕
The committee removed the corrupt official.
委员会罢免了那名腐败的官员。
Congress has the right to remove the President from office.
国会有权罢黜总统。
委员会罢免了那名腐败的官员。
Congress has the right to remove the President from office.
国会有权罢黜总统。
sackv. 〈英，非正式〉开除，解雇
〔辨析〕
解除某人的职务。
〔例证〕
He was sacked from the job, although he did nothing wrong.
他没做错事却被解雇了。
Dad was sacked for being drunk.
爸爸因为喝醉酒而遭到解雇。
他没做错事却被解雇了。
Dad was sacked for being drunk.
爸爸因为喝醉酒而遭到解雇。
习惯用语
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 - 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。
牛津词典
noun
- 斧
a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc. - （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- 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。 - 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。
- Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.
verb
- 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- 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。
- Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
- 解雇；开除
to remove sb from their job- Jones has been axed from the team.
琼斯已被开除出队。
- Jones has been axed from the team.
- 用斧把…砍死
to kill sb with an axe
柯林斯词典
- 斧;斧子
Anaxeis 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. - VERB 解雇;裁减;削减;撤销
If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programmeis axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion.- 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。
- Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
- 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 facingthe axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money.- 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。
- St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.
- PHRASE 有私心；有个人打算；另有企图
If someonehas an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons.- 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。
- He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.
in AM, use 美国英语用 ax
英英释义
noun
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
verb
- terminate
- The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
- chop or split with an ax
- axe wood
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。