cut back

cut back

verb

1. place restrictions on

e.g. curtail drinking in school

Synonym: restrictcurtailcurb

2. cut down on
make a reduction in

e.g. reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits

Synonym: reducecut downtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down

3. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

e.g. dress the plants in the garden

Synonym: snipclipcroptrimlopdressprune

4. return in time

e.g. the film cut back to an earlier event in the story

Synonym: flash back

1. 减少;削减;缩减
If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.

e.g. They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items...
他们将会考虑削减不必要的开销。
e.g. The Government has cut back on defence spending...
政府已经削减了国防开支。

1. cut back的反义词

1. 削减：活动的阴影(hatched)边框预算是被砍(cut)而不是削减(cut back阴谋是被策划(hatched)而不是策划起来(hatched up组织是被主席领导(headed)而不是领导着(headed up...

2. 减少：由于其毒性,以前,常用的老鼠药和灭蚁剂中主要成分就是铊盐,不过后来好多国家都减少(cut back)或是停用(discontinued or eliminated)这些配方. 铊中毒的主要原因是铊元素很容易和体内的金属元素如钠、钾等结合,从而破坏了细胞组织的正常工作.

3. 削减,减少：cut across / / 走捷径,抄近路 | cut back / / 削减,减少 | cut down / / 削减,降低

4. 修剪(树枝等削减：cut across 抄近路穿过,对直通过 | cut back 修剪(树枝等削减 | cut down 砍倒;消减;缩短