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axe TOOLAm also ax Aksn [C]a tool used for cutting wood and which consists of a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle斧子Julian used an axe to chop the old apple tree down.朱利安用斧子砍倒了老苹果树。If you have an axe to grind you have a personal, sometimes secret, reason for wanting something to happen, or a particular idea or belief that you are always trying to persuade other people to agree with, or a good reason for complaining about something.别有私心，另有企图Environmentalists have no political axe to grind--they just want to save the planet.环境问题专家并没什么政治企图----他们只是想挽救地球。He's always grinding his axe about avoiding sexism and racism.对于避免性别歧视和种族歧视他总是别有企图的。Tim certainly has an axe to grind now that his salary has been reduced.蒂姆当然是别有企图的，他刚被降了工资。[BATTLEAXE Axe]
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