cut的用法和辨析

　　Jim is often late for work these days, but the boss decided to cut him some slack, because he just went through a divorce.

　　cut to the chaseWhy don't we just cut to the chase, we don’t have time to waste.

　　I know your products are of good quality, now let's cut to the

　　chase, what kind of discount can you offer me?

中考词汇详解：cut的短语用法

　　1. cut sb sth 为某人切某物。如：

　　Cut me some pineapple.

　　给我切几片菠萝吧。

　　He cut me a slice of bread.

　　他为我切了一块面包。

　　注：该句型也可转换为：

　　Cut some pineapple for me.

　　He cut a slice of bread for me.

　　2. cut sth into sth 把某物切成某物。如：

　　First cut the meat into small pieces.

　　先把肉切成小块。

　　He cut the apple into halves.

　　他把它切成了两半。

　　注：若指分为两半，可说成 cut sth into halves 或 cut sth in half。

　　3. cut down 砍倒。如：

　　They cut down the big tree.

　　他们把这棵大树砍倒了。

　　削减，压缩，缩减。如：

　　Expenses ought to be cut down in every way.

　　应该在一切方面减少开支。

　　You’d better cut the article down to about 2,000 words.

　　你最好能把这篇文章压到两千字左右。

　　4. cut in 插入，插话。如：

　　Don’t cut in when others are talking.

　　别人说话时别插话。

　　He kept cutting in on our conversation.

　　我们谈话时他老是插话。

　　注：cut in on sth 有时可说成 cut into sth, 如上面第二句也可说成：

　　He kept cutting into our conversation.

　　插队，超车。如：

　　He cut in at the head of the line.

　　他在队伍的前面插队。

　　The car overtook me and then cut in on me.

　　那辆小车超了我的车，然后插在我前面。

　　5. cut off 切断，隔断，断绝。如：

　　We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation.

　　我们在电话里谈话谈了一半就被切断了。

　　The flood cut the villagers off from the rest of the world.

　　洪水切断了村民们与外界的联系。

英语语法：短语cut down, cut off的用法

　　45. cut down缩减

　　用法：cut down还在“裁剪衣物”的意思，且cut down可用于被动语态。

　　例句：The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses. (2013年6月四级)

　　爱德华一家应该削减他们的花销。

　　语法点：“定冠词+姓氏的复数形式”，一般表示一家人。The Edwards是主语， should cut down是谓语， on their living expenses是状语。

　　46. cut off缩减

　　用法：cut off还有“中断，阻断”的意思。

　　例句：The roots of crops are cut off. (2013年12月六级)

　　庄稼的根被切断了。

　　47. deal in经营，买卖

　　用法：deal in后接名词或者动名词，注意区分与deal with的区别，deal with表示“处理”。

　　例句：The newstore on the Fifth Avenue only deals in women’s clothes.

　　第五大街上那家新开的商店只经营女装。

　　48. decide on选定，决定

　　用法：decide on表示“对……做出了决定”，其后一般接表示事物的名词。

　　例句：They had a discussion with their parents before deciding on the wedding date.

　　他们在决定婚期之前与双方父母进行了商讨。

　　20191114作业形容词短语：develop into发展成为

　　例句：It takes a long time for small companies to develop into big ones.

英语语法：短语cut away, cut out的用法

　　181.cut away切下

　　用法：cut away通常是指切除不想要或者是不必要的部分，away也可以用off或者down代替。

　　例句：He can cut away the apple peel in one minute.

　　他能在一分钟内把苹果皮去掉。

　　结构分析：He是主语， can cutaway 是谓语，the apple peel 是宾语(the和apple是前置定语)，in one minute是时间状语。

　　182.cut out切除，删掉，天生适合……

　　用法：cut out也可以表示“裁剪，天生适合……”，其后一般接表示物的名词。

　　例句：I’m just not cut out to be scientist. (2013年12月六级)