slashing

英 [ˈslæʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈslæʃɪŋ]

v. (用利器)砍，劈; 大幅度削减; 大大降低
slash的现在分词

复数：slashings　现在分词：slashing　

BNC.46504 / COCA.33921

柯林斯词典

VERB 割破;在…上留下深长的切口
If youslashsomething, you make a long, deep cut in it.
1. He came within two minutes of bleeding to death after slashing his wrists.
  若再晚两分钟割腕的他就会因失血过多而死。
2. Slashis also a noun.
3. Make deep slashes in the meat and push in the spice paste.
  在肉上切出深深的口子，再把辣酱塞进切口中。
VERB 挥砍;劈
If youslash ata person or thing, you quickly hit at them with something such as a knife.
1. He slashed at her, aiming carefully.
  他仔细地瞄准她劈了过去。
VERB 大量削减
Toslashsomething such as costs or jobs means to reduce them by a large amount.
1. Car makers could be forced to slash prices after being accused of overcharging yesterday...
  昨天被指控要价太高之后，汽车生产商可能会被迫大幅度降价。
2. Everyone agrees that subsidies have to be slashed.
  所有人都同意必须大幅度削减补贴。
斜线号
You sayslashto refer to a sloping line that separates letters, words, or numbers. For example, if you are giving the number 340/2/K you say 'Three four zero, slash two, slash K.'

adj

Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
纳米技术将为医生提供诊断和治疗病人的新途径，抬升效率降低成本。
Slashing costs is not the main rationale for this deal, however.
不过，削减成本并不是这宗交易背后的主要动机。
But from mid-2009 onwards, measures were taken to reduce the fiscal deficit by slashing expenditure and increasing revenues.
但从2009年年中开始，冰岛采取了一些措施，通过大幅削减开支、增加收入来降低财政赤字。
Ecuador and Qatar also supported slashing production.
厄瓜多尔和卡塔尔也支持减产。
After cutting shifts and slashing costs at home, automakers still cannot afford complacency.
在削减本土产能和成本后，汽车制造商仍不能自满。
Could Italy survive by slashing spending?
意大利能通过大幅削减开支维持下去吗？
Australian mining companies are slashing spending as the country's economic outlook dims.
随着本国经济前景变暗，澳大利亚矿业公司纷纷开始削减开支。
They focus merely on tax cuts and slashing red tape.
他们只着眼于在减税和简化官方繁文缛节。
They're slashing my budget.
他们在削减我的预算。
The banks have committed themselves to boosting profits by slashing costs.
银行承诺他们会通过削减成本来提升盈利。