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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slash1 /slæʃ/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]CUT to cut or try to cut something violently with a knife, sword etc 〔用刀、剑等〕猛削，劈，砍 Someone had slashed the tires. 有人把轮胎割破了。slash at/through The leopard’s claws slashed through the soft flesh. 豹的爪子扎入柔软的肉里。► see thesaurus at cut2 [transitive]REDUCE to greatly reduce an amount, price etc – used especially in newspapers and advertising 大幅度削减 〔数量、价格等；尤用于报纸和广告〕 SYN cut The workforce has been slashed by 50%. 劳动力已削减了 50%。► see thesaurus at reduce3. slash your wrists to cut the veins in your wrists with the intention of killing yourself 割腕（自杀）→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
slash• And aerobically fit skaters slash and glide along groomed tracks.• Mr Jackson said Cardow had been injured and later his face had been slashed by friends of the dead man.• Come to our Summer Sale, where prices have been slashed by up to 75%.• His plans to slash defence budgets by £6 billion would cost 100,000 more their jobs.• Final Sale. All prices slashed. Everything must go!• British Airways have slashed fares by over 50%.• She slashed her wrists with a razor blade.• Last December, he took a drugs overdose and in September slashed his wrists and groin with a smuggled razor blade.• Rather than betray the others, Stockdale broke a window and slashed his wrists with a jagged shard of glass.• Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.• American car manufacturers have started slashing prices in an effort to stimulate sales.• Congress has slashed the budget for programs to help poor families.• Someone had slashed the car's tires.• Sony has slashed the price of its new CD player, the D50.• Someone had slashed the tyres on Bayle's car.• As irrational as it sounds, many companies hire new workers and then turn around and slash their payrolls.• The painting had been slashed with a knife.slash at/through• He slashed at Alexei, talons out, but Alexei had anticipated the move.• A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.• She imagined that slash through herself.• Marlowe grabbed Frizer s dagger, slashing at him wildly about the head.• He slashed at his opponent's head, wearing him down.• BFreeman wants to slash at least $ 400 million from an annual budget of $ 2. 4 billion.• The leopard's claws slashed through soft flesh.• In the half-light I am awe-struck by the steel-grey slash through the dark landscape a few kilometres away.• Religious extremists broke through police lines to slash at the pro-reform protesters with broken bottles and clubs.slash2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1. PMWa quick movement that you make with a knife, sword etc in order to cut someone or something 〔用刀、剑等的〕砍，劈，猛削2. (also slash mark)SLA a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters 斜线符号〔用以分隔单词、数字或字母〕3 CUTa long narrow cut in something 长条的切口[裂口] → gash Cut several slashes across the top of the loaf before baking. 面包烘烤前在上面切几道口子。4. have/take a slash British English spoken not politeHBH to urinate 撒尿Examples from the Corpus
slash• Many of these cards were marked with a slash to show the killings had been carried out.• Every instinct tells us to run for cover: to withhold information, slash jobs and cut investment.• Down the front of it there was a long slash.• There was a vertical slash in the canvas.From Longman Business Dictionaryslashslash /slæʃ/ verb [transitive] journalism to greatly reduce an amount, price etcOver the last year the workforce has been slashed by 50%.At least $400 million may be slashed from an annual budget of $2.4 billion.→ See Verb tableOrigin slash1 (1500-1600) Probably from Old French eslachier “to break”slash1 verbslash2 nounChinese
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slash1 /slæʃ/ 
verb
Someone had slashed the tires.
slash at/through
The leopard’s claws slashed through the soft flesh.
2. [transitive] to greatly reduce an amount, price etc – used especially in newspapers and advertising
SYN cut:
The workforce has been slashed by 50%.
3. slash your wrists to cut the veins in your wrists with the intention of killing yourself
slash2 noun [countable]
1. a quick movement that you make with a knife, sword etc in order to cut someone or something
2. (also slash mark) a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters
3. a long narrow cut in something ⇨ gash:
Cut several slashes across the top of the loaf before baking.
4. have/take a slash British English spoken not polite to urinate
■ other marks used in writing
▪angle brackets British English a pair of signs <> used for enclosing information
▪slash a line / that is used to separate words, numbers, or letters
▪backslash a line \ that is used to separate words, numbers, or letters
▪asterisk the sign * that is used especially to mark something interesting or important
▪at sign the sign \@ that is used especially in email addresses
▪ampersand the sign & that means ‘and’
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verb Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from Old French eslachier 'to break'
1. [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to cut or try to cut something violently with a knife, sword etc:Origin: Probably from Old French eslachier 'to break'
slash at/through
2. [transitive] to greatly reduce an amount, price etc – used especially in newspapers and advertising
SYN cut:
3. slash your wrists to cut the veins in your wrists with the intention of killing yourself
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noun [countable]1. a quick movement that you make with a knife, sword etc in order to cut someone or something
2. (also slash mark) a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters
3. a long narrow cut in something ⇨ gash:
4. have/take a slash British English spoken not polite to urinate
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cut to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模） ：◆ The President has promised to cut taxes significantly. 总统承诺大幅度减税。 ◆ Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want. 买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。 ◆ His salary has been cut by ten per cent. 他的薪金减少了百分之十。 ◆ Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words? 请把你的文章从 5 000 字删减至 3 000 字好吗？ slash [ ( (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amountrather
（常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低 ：◆ The workforce has been slashed by half. 职工人数裁减了一半。 cut sth back/cut back on sth to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意） ：◆ We had to cut back production. 我们只得减产了。 scale sth back ( to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or businessespecially
NAmE or business 商业 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意） ：◆ The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade. 国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。 rationalize ( to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less moneyBrE business 商业 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革、使合理化、使有经济效益 downsize ( to make a company or an organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costsbusiness 商业 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本 NOTE Downsize is often used by people who want to avoid saying more obvious words like 'dismiss' or 'make redundant' because they sound too negative.人们通常使用 downsize 以避免使用 dismiss 或 make redundant 等词义直白的词，因为这些词听起来过于负面。
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to cut/slash/cut back on/scale back/rationalize spending/production to cut/slash/cut back on jobs to cut/slash/downsize the workforce to cut/slash/rationalize the cost of sthto cut/slash prices/taxes/the budget to cut sth/slash sth/cut sth back drastically
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