ax
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 ax (US) noun
plural axes
1 ax (US)
noun
plural axes
Learner's definition of AX
[count]
ax to grind
: a hidden and often selfish purpose for doing something.自私企图；个人打算
- He had a political ax to grind with his opponent.他在政治上对自己的对手别有用心。
- She claims that she has no ax to grind in criticizing the proposed law.她声称她批评那个法律提案没有任何私心。
escape the ax
informal : to avoid being ended, eliminated, reduced, etc.避免被终结；避免被削减
- The school program escaped the ax this year. [=the school program was not cut/eliminated this year]学校的那门课程今年没有被取消。
get the ax
informal : to lose your job : to be fired from your job失业；被解雇
- The employees with less experience got the ax. [=were fired]经验不足的员工被解雇了
give (someone) the ax
informal : to dismiss (someone) from a job : to fire (someone)辞退；解雇
- His boss gave him the ax.他老板把他辞退了。
take the/an ax to
informal : to eliminate (something) or reduce (something) severely取消；削减
- Congress took an ax to the program. [=Congress severely reduced the amount of money to be given to the program]国会大幅削减了这一计划的资金。
2 ax verb
or axe /ˈæks/
axes; axed; axing
2 ax
verb
or axe /ˈæks/
axes; axed; axing
Learner's definition of AX
[+ object] informal
1
: to cut or remove (something)削减；移除
- The television program was axed [=dropped] from the new schedule.这档电视节日被从新的电视节目表里拿掉了。
2
: to fire (someone)解雇；开除
- The boss told him that he had been axed.老板告诉他他被解雇了。