| 单词 | cut off |
| 释义 | cut off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool. Mrs Kreutz cut off a generous piece of the meat. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He cut me off a slice. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] He threatened to cut my hair off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 To cut someone or something off means to separate them from things that they are normally connected with. One of the goals of the campaign is to cut off the enemy from its supplies. [V P n + from] The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland. [V P n (not pron) from n] The storm has cut us off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] cut off adjective Without a car we still felt very cut off. 3. phrasal verb B2 To cut off a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it being provided. The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital. [VERB PARTICLE noun] His company is preparing to shut down in the event that their water supply is cut off. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Our phone's been cut off. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Why cut the money off? [VERB noun PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you get cut off when you are on the phone, the line is suddenly disconnected and you can no longer speak to the other person. When you do get through, you've got to say your piece quickly before you get cut off. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] I'm going to cut you off now because we've got lots of callers waiting. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you cut someone off when they are speaking, you interrupt them and stop them from speaking. 'But, sir, I'm under orders to–' Clark cut him off. 'Don't argue with me.' [VERB noun PARTICLE] 6. See also cut-off 7. to cut off your nose to spite your face phrase See full dictionary entry for cut If you say that someone is cutting off their nose to spite their face, you mean they do something that they think will hurt someone, without realizing or caring that it will hurt themselves as well. [disapproval] The industry's greed means it is cutting off its nose to spite its face. cut-off also cutoff Word forms: cut-offs 1. countable noun [usually singular, oft NOUN noun] A cut-off or a cut-off point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening. The cut-off point depends on age and length of employment. The cut-off date for registering is yet to be announced. On young girls it can look really great, but there is a definite age cut-off on this. 2. countable noun [usually singular] The cut-off of a supply or service is the complete stopping of the supply or service. A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy. [+ of] The United States resisted an arms cutoff. Collocations: arbitrary cut-off Most of the insurers then introduced the arbitrary cut-off dates in an attempt to put a time limit on their own financial liability for mis-selling. Times, Sunday Times Third, it creates arbitrary cut-off points for categorisation, just as historians used to classify the reigns of monarchs. Times, Sunday Times Now investors who have already exceeded that arbitrary cut-off point, including your humble correspondent, find our longterm savings seem destined to be sacrificed to short-term political expediency. Times, Sunday Times However, this table currently has an arbitrary cut-off limit for inclusion of 300 patent families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The changes also raised the cut-off age for specialised provision from 18 to 25, greatly increasing the numbers who qualified. Times,Sunday Times The cut-off age for patients being treated overseas depends on health, medical condition etc. Times, Sunday Times Most people thought the cut-off age would be about 40 years old. The Sun Is there a cut-off age for them? Times, Sunday Times State laws vary on the cut-off age for students to receive free public education services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All networks now have to apply a cut-off limit of €50 (42), after which the download service automatically cuts out, unless customers specify a limit. Times, Sunday Times However, this table currently has an arbitrary cut-off limit for inclusion of 300 patent families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was unable to finish the race by a factor of seconds as she was unable to reach the finish line within the 17 hours cut-off limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Computer-programmable speed controls generally have user-specified options which allow setting low voltage cut-off limits, timing, acceleration, braking and direction of rotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 中断 Japanese: 切り離す |
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