单词盒子

cut down to size

C 开头单词

基本解释

  • 降低威望

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • On the left, some want banks cut down to size.
    左派中，有人想要银行削减规模。
  • If the City is cut down to size, so be it, say some.
    有人说，如果城市因此而缩减规模，那么就顺其自然好了。
  • The threats posed by belly fat can be cut down to size.
    这些由腹部脂肪导致的威胁是可以被降低的。

    • 权威例句

  • He said pointedly this week that he wanted the oligarchs cut down to size.
    ECONOMIST: Boris Berezovsky, puppeteer or future victim?
  • In short, Jordan, bereft of its famous ruler, will be cut down to size.
    ECONOMIST: Jordan’s new king
  • But the ratio says that if there is something that needs to be cut down to size, it's government.
    FORBES: Bigness and Badness

词组短语

    短语

  • cut him down to size 挫他的锐气;灭灭他的威风
  • cut sb down to size 揭穿某人的底细;揭穿表示不知道那个人的底细;的中文翻译及音标
  • cut someone down to size 降低某人的威望;使某人有自知之明
  • cut down to size detail 降低威望