单词 | trim back |
释义 | trim back (once / 120606 pages) v WORD FAMILY trim back: trimmed back, trimming back, trims back USAGE EXAMPLESThe state’s income forecasting panel, called the Revenue Estimating Conference, is meeting Tuesday to trim back its income projections for this budget year. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) Other recommendations include improving lighting, trimming back vegetation and further restricting nighttime access to university buildings. Seattle Times(Aug 31, 2016) In general, the court has been moving in my direction over the last two decades, trimming back exclusion using a wide variety of doctrines. Slate(Jun 27, 2016) v cut down on; make a reduction in Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim down cut have a reducing effect shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration spillreduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quenchreduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance retrenchmake a reduction, as in one's workforce slashcut drastically thin outmake sparse thinmake thin or thinner detract, take awaytake away a part from; diminish deflatereduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices inflateincrease the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value downsizereduce in size or number subtracttake off or away knock off, shavecut the price of foreshortenshorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth clip, curtail, cut shortterminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent syncopateomit a sound or letter in a word cut short, truncatemake shorter as if by cutting off drawreduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trimcultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of mark downreduce the price of decrease, lessen, minify make smaller |
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