cutback

'kʌtbæk

Collins 1

n. a reduction in quantity or rate

n. 情节倒叙, 减少, 短截植物
[经] 减少

Collins 星级

12,218

BNC 频率

10,418

使用频率

cutback 由两个部分组成：cut（切割）和back（向后）。可以理解为“减少”或“削减”，即把某些东西切掉或减少回去。

例句

1. The company announced a cutback in spending due to lower profits.

公司由于利润下降宣布削减开支。

2. Many schools faced cutbacks in their budgets this year.

今年许多学校的预算面临削减。

3. After the cutback, the team had to work with fewer resources.

削减后，团队不得不在更少的资源下工作。