/æks ||; æks/(
especially US 尤为美 ax)
verb [T]
1 to remove sb/sth 砍掉；去除；裁减: Hundreds of jobs have been axed. 数以百计的职位被裁减。
2 to reduce sth by a great amount 大幅削减: School budgets are to be axed. 学校的预算将大幅削减。 ☞This verb is used especially in newspapers. 这个动词尤见于报刊。