cutsthdown
—phrasal verbwithcutverbuk/kʌt/us/kʌt/present participlecutting|past tense and past participlecut
(REDUCE)
toreducethenumber,amount, orsizeof something
减少，削减，缩减
Patients wereaskedif they hadcutdowntheiruse ofpainkillers.病人们被问及是否减少了止痛片的服用量。
I need tocutthissectiondownto500 words.我需要把这一部分删减到500字。
(CUT PLANT)
B2
to make atreeor otherplantfallto thegroundbycuttingit near thebottom
砍倒，伐倒
They arecuttingdownforeststoclearlandforcattle.他们正在砍伐森林，腾出地方来养牛。