词典释义：
a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle
斧子。
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（为大幅度降低成本而实行的）裁减，撤销（尤指裁员）
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thirty staff are facing the axe at the Royal Infirmary .皇家医院有３０名员工面临裁员。
〈非正式〉（流行音乐或爵士乐中的）乐器（尤指吉他或萨克斯管）。
end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly
裁减；取消；解雇
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the company is axing 125 jobs 公司要裁减１２５个职位
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2,500 staff were axed as part of a rationalization programme .作为精简计划的一部分，解雇了２，５００名员工。
reduce (costs or services) drastically
（大幅）减少（费用，服务）
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the Chancellor warned the cabinet to axe public spending .总理警告内阁要减少公共开支。
cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively
（用斧）砍；击（坏）
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the mahogany panelling had been axed .红木镶板被砍坏了。
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have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing or being involved in something （做事）有个人打算
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