1 PHRASAL VERB （通常指快而狠地）砍下，剪去，截掉 If you lop something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke. （通常指快而狠地）砍下，剪去，截掉
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Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips. [VERB noun PREP.]
有人剪掉了我们郁金香的花冠。
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...men with axes, lopping off branches. [VERB PREP. noun]
手持斧头砍树枝的男人们
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His ponytail had been lopped off. [VERB PREP. noun]
他的马尾辫子被削掉了。
2 PHRASAL VERB 从（预算等中）削减（金钱）；从（计划等中）缩减（时间） If you lop an amount of money or time off something such as a budget or a schedule, you reduce the budget or schedule by that amount. 从（预算等中）削减（金钱）；从（计划等中）缩减（时间） [informal]
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The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
法国航空公司的飞机在原来最短航行时间的基础上又缩减了4个多小时。
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More than 100 million pounds will be lopped off the prison building programme. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
将从监狱建设项目中砍掉逾一亿英镑。