cutsthback
—phrasal verbwithcutverbuk/kʌt/us/kʌt/present participlecutting|past tense and past participlecut
(REDUCE)
toreducesomething, or toreduceit by aparticularamount
减少，削减，缩减
We have had tocutbackdeliveries.我们不得不减少送货量。
Thegovernmenthascutback $150 million offunding.政府消减了1.5亿美元的经费。
(CUT PLANT)
tocutoffpartsof atreeor otherplantso that itbecomessmaller
修剪，截短（树木或其他植物）
Someshrubsneed to becutback toallowmorelighttoreachthem.一些灌木需要修剪才能让更多阳光照进去。