cut down

US /kʌt daʊn/

UK /kʌt daʊn/

減少, 削減

to reduce the amount or number of something

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You need to cut down on sugar if you want to be healthier.

如果你想更健康，你需要減少糖的攝入。

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The company decided to cut down on expenses.

公司決定削減開支。

砍伐, 砍倒

to fell a tree or other plant by cutting its trunk

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They had to cut down the old oak tree because it was diseased.

他們不得不砍倒那棵生病的老橡樹。

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The loggers will cut down trees in this forest next month.

伐木工人下個月將在這片森林裡砍伐樹木。