六级This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

该委员会主席乔恩·莱博维茨（Jon Leibowitz）表示：“这实际上是为了消除消费者在购买产品时和企业在销售产品时的困惑。”。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

其陡峭的岩石面从宽阔的底部向上延伸，直到在平坦的山顶突然切断。

2016年12月听力原文

六级But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels? That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

但挪威能保持其生活水平，同时将其排放量削减到摩洛哥甚至埃塞俄比亚的水平吗？这个问题在十几个环境问题和我们这个多样化的星球上反复出现，它将最终决定人类在追求经济复兴的同时是否生活在超出其生态手段的范围内。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools.

设计和教授这样的课程很难的一个原因是，它们跨越了美国顶尖大学的坚持，即人文教育和专业教育应该分开，在不同的学校教授。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that "liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools".

设计和教授这样的课程很难的一个原因是，它们跨越了美国顶尖大学的坚持，即“文科教育和专业教育应该分开，在不同的学校教授”。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In addition to this, businesses would now be rewarded for successful efforts to cut food waste.

除此之外，企业现在还将因成功减少食物浪费而获得奖励。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs.

实验室的首席技术员试图说服医院管理部门更换它，但他们正在努力削减成本。

2012年12月听力原文

四级Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs

在高等教育上投入巨资的家长和学生担心毕业生的就业前景，因为技术进步和国内外市场的变化改变了职业，降低了工资，减少了就业机会

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Andrew Hacker, Queens College political science professor, thinks that advanced algebra and other higher-level math should be cut from curricula in favor of courses with more routine usefulness, like statistics.

皇后学院政治学教授安德鲁·哈克（Andrew Hacker）认为，高等代数和其他更高层次的数学应该从课程中删去，而改为更实用的课程，如统计学。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考In my hometown, there is always a harvest supper for the farmers after all the wheat has been cut.

在我的家乡，在所有的小麦都被收割后，农民们总会有一顿丰收晚餐。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文

六级Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting bick, and completed the book at home in Amsterdam.

也许对她的错误的一个解释是，她在收到bick后缩短了苏里南之旅，在阿姆斯特丹的家里完成了这本书。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut.

一旦国家资金被削减，对雾霾的愤怒就烟消云散了。

2012年考研阅读原文

六级However, the agreement specifies that there is no formal distinction between developed and developing nations in their responsibility to cut emissions, effectively ignoring historical emissions.

然而，该协议规定，发达国家和发展中国家在减排责任方面没有正式的区别，实际上忽略了历史排放量。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级However, the agreement specifies that there is no formal distinction between developed and developing nations in their responsibility to cut emissions, effectively ignoring historical emissions.

然而，该协议规定，发达国家和发展中国家在减排责任方面没有正式的区别，实际上忽略了历史排放量。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考Many cultures also celebrate birthdays and marriages with cakes that are cut and shared among the guests.

许多文化也会用蛋糕庆祝生日和婚姻，蛋糕会被切下来并在客人中分享。

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

高考Then I asked him if he had cut down the amount of feed he had given the chickens.

然后我问他是否减少了给鸡的饲料量。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 完形填空 原文

四级For example, some drink manufacturers have cut the amount of sugar in their beverages.

例如，一些饮料制造商已经减少了饮料中的糖含量。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

考虑到在研究开始之前，大多数人都说他们宁愿在戒烟之前逐渐减少吸烟量，因此戒烟率尤其令人信服。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.

焦虑和抑郁往往会缩短人的寿命。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考However, here are some examples: being cut off in traffic, a deadline approaching, experiencing physical pain, and much more.

然而，这里有一些例子：交通中断、截止日期临近、身体疼痛等等。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级When interviewed Keith porter of the southport beach said, our beach is so flat that it's very common for the tide come around the back of people and cut them off from the beach.

在接受采访时，南港海滩的基思·波特说，我们的海滩非常平坦，潮水围着人们的背部，将他们与海滩隔开是很常见的。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, stabilize the world's population at eight billion by 2040, completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils.

我们必须到2020年将碳排放量从2006年的水平减少80%，到2040年将世界人口稳定在80亿，彻底消除贫困，恢复森林和土壤。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The carbon that we've put into the atmosphere keeps having a warming effect for 100 years, so we have to cut back rapidly now, because it would take a long time to work its way through into a response by the atmosphere.

我们排放到大气中的碳100年来一直具有变暖效应，因此我们现在必须迅速减少，因为它需要很长时间才能转化为大气的反应。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考If I have the chance to attend the class, I'm going to cut out a bird.

如果我有机会去上课的话，我打算砍掉一只鸟。

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

高考When their children lived far away from them, these old people felt cut off from the world.

当他们的孩子住得离他们很远时，这些老人感到与世界隔绝。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 单项选择 原文

六级The company pledged to cut 600 back-office positions, though some 150 workers in those roles would be reassigned to other jobs.

该公司承诺削减600个后勤岗位，尽管这些岗位的150名员工将被重新分配到其他岗位。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级He's cut back on medications and he no longer helps support his disabled mother.

他减少了药物治疗，不再帮助他残疾的母亲。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考It is cut off from big cities.

它与大城市隔绝。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

四级But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoor warmth in winter.

但在室内，特殊的窗户通过在夏季阻挡太阳热量和在冬季保持室内温暖来减少电费。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a minimum, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar shooting up.

多年来，营养学家一直建议将面食控制在最低限度，以减少热量，防止脂肪堆积，并阻止血糖升高。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研We don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy ;it it built into us that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend a broken bone.

我们不必学习如何保持心理健康；我们的身体知道如何愈合伤口或修复骨折，这是我们的内在要求。

2016年考研翻译原文

考研Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.

低工资劳动力的税收需要削减，劳动所得税抵免等工资补贴应该扩大：这将提高收入、鼓励工作、奖励创造就业机会的公司并减少不平等。

2018年考研阅读原文

高考He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.

他从家猫身上剪下一些毛做刷子。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Facing an 8.3-billion-dollar budget deficit this year, closing post offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs.

今年面临83亿美元的预算赤字，关闭邮局是邮政部门最近提出的几项削减成本的建议之一。

2016年12月听力原文

六级cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

削减高级管理人员的工资搬迁部分连锁店调整其晋升战略缩减员工规模以试验其新的商业理念。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Students who do not need the extra training could cut their debt mountain by a third.

不需要额外培训的学生可以减少三分之一的债务。

2014年考研阅读原文

高考They have cut car emissions to the lowest.

他们已将汽车排放量降至最低。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考But just now how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.

但目前气候变暖的程度取决于各国减少碳排放的程度。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career

对于处于职业生涯早期阶段的科学家来说，减薪的影响可能不那么严重

2010年12月阅读原文

六级They save up cash and desperately cut spending.

他们储蓄现金，拼命削减开支。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain's slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending.

崩溃的直接原因是英国经济滑向衰退，从而削减了消费者支出。

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to survive on smaller budgets.

这些数据肯定会引发关于是否应该削减体育课的持续辩论，因为学校难以靠较少的预算生存。

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级"This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product," said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

该委员会主席Jon Leibowitz说：“这实际上是为了消除消费者在购买产品时和企业在销售产品时的困惑。”。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance Pre Check enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.

但国会应该通过资助预检入学或以其他方式削减成本，直接对此进行调查。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Sara Greenstein, Underwriters Laboratories' chief strategy officer, offered her interpretation of the survey results, "Innovation is too fast only if corners are cut.

美国保险商实验室首席战略官莎拉·格林斯坦（Sara Greenstein）对调查结果给出了自己的解释：“只有抄近路，创新才会太快。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Technology has cut out much of life's donkey work, and we have more freedoms than ever: we can wear what we like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse.

科技已经减少了生活中的许多繁重工作，我们比以往任何时候都拥有更多的自由：我们可以随心所欲地穿着，只需点击鼠标，就可以与数百位朋友同时交流。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级This prompted the company to cut its forecasts for the full fourth quarter.

这促使该公司下调了对整个第四季度的预测。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考They found that more on demand environment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.

他们发现，更多的按需环境观看平板电脑而不是电视和台式电脑可以减少44%的能源消耗。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.

但国会应该通过资助预检入学或以其他方式削减成本，直接对此进行调查。

2017年考研阅读原文

六级But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels?

但挪威能保持其生活水平，同时将其排放量削减到摩洛哥甚至埃塞俄比亚的水平吗？

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The other cut down gradually over the course of two weeks.

另一组在两周内逐渐减少。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考In tears, he cut the rope.

他含泪割断了绳子。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

高考It might seem unkind to cut people short when they interrupt you.

当别人打断你的话，打断别人似乎是不友善的。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项

高考Jack was working in the lab when the power cut occurred.

停电时杰克正在实验室工作。

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

高考Living in a glare of our making, we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural heritage—the light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night.

生活在我们创造的耀眼光芒中，我们已经将自己与我们的进化和文化遗产——星光和昼夜节奏——隔绝。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

由于大雪，该镇与世界其他地方隔绝了。

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

高考You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want.

你可以通过列出你想要的具体年份来进一步降低这一比例。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 听力 原文

四级Britons have cut their spending on itits prices have gone up over the yearsits quality has seen marked improvementBritons have developed the habit of savingIt will expand in time.

英国人已经削减了他们在IT上的开支，这些年来价格上涨了，质量有了明显的改善，英国人已经养成了节约的习惯，而且这种习惯会随着时间的推移而扩大。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级In the 1980s, the government cut spending.

20世纪80年代，政府削减了开支。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级It was, in my grandfather's own words, like having a limb cut off.

用我祖父自己的话来说，这就像是截肢。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Reducing waste by incorporating med materials into production can cut costs and decrease the price of procurement: less to be procured from the outside and more to be re-utilized from the inside.

通过将med材料纳入生产中来减少浪费，可以降低成本并降低采购价格：从外部采购的更少，从内部重新利用的更多。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级The explosive new style helped cut killy's racing time dramatically.

爆炸性的新风格大大缩短了基利的比赛时间。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

他们用一把长平刀把它切成很薄的薄片。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

考研Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off.

外国驻华机构已被无情地切断。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研To be fair, the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods entirely, but to reduce their lifetime intake.

公平地说，英国食品安全局说，它并没有告诉人们完全不要吃烤食品，而是要减少他们一生的摄入量。

2020年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级To urge the American government to cut deficits

敦促美国政府削减赤字

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee.

在更高的层次上，降薪通常更为显著，对具有丰富行业经验的科学家的需求迫使大学做出转型(转换) 李认为，这对学术界更具吸引力。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Helen Lee took a 70% cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge.

Helen Lee从阿伯特实验室的一个高级职位转到剑桥大学的一个医疗部门，薪水下降了70%。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs.

在高等教育上投入巨资的家长和学生担心毕业生的就业前景，因为技术进步和国内外市场的变化改变了职业，降低了工资，减少了就业机会。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports

为了减少进口，美国人在多大程度上真的愿意忍受国内能源生产对环境的影响

2014年6月阅读原文

四级To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?

为了减少进口，美国人在多大程度上真的愿意忍受国内能源生产对环境的影响？

2014年6月阅读原文

六级The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too challenging.

这一改变将他们的开支削减了一半，但新的生活安排证明太具挑战性了。

2012年12月听力原文

四级They want to cut down their utility expenses.

他们想减少水电费。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级To try to cut down its operational expenses.

努力降低运营费用。

2012年12月听力原文

六级Cut the fee by half for this year.

今年费用减半。

2011年12月听力原文

六级Most businesspeople will not be surprised to learn that it is better to find a profitable niche(隙缝市场）and focus on boosting your revenues than to compete on price and cut your way to success.

大多数商人不会惊讶地发现，最好找到一个有利可图的利基市场(隙缝市场）专注于增加收入，而不是竞争

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级High School Sports Aren’t Killing Academics In this months Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against High-School Sports,” Amanda Ripley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut.

高中体育不会扼杀学术界

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（二）

六级Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as “a necessary evil.

与此同时，让每个人都过得更好的政府支出正在被削减，因为人们本能地——错误地——只把政府贴上了“必要的邪恶”的标签。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money.

第一次，大量的人说他们想减少工作时间，即使这意味着赚更少的钱。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级When a slump in business travel forced Ulrich Rǒmer to cut cost costs at his family-owned hotel in Germany, he replaced hundreds of the hotel’s wasteful light bulbs, getting the same light for 80 percent less power.

当商务旅行的低迷迫使乌尔里希·雷默削减他在德国的家族酒店的成本时，他更换了数百个酒店浪费的灯泡，以减少80%的电力获得相同的照明。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级On Jan. 10, the European Union unveiled a plan to cut energy use across the continent by 20 percent by 2020.

1月10日，欧盟公布了一项计划，到2020年将整个欧洲大陆的能源使用量减少20%。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级According to an International Energy Agency study, if consumers chose those models that would save them the most money over the life of the appliance, they’d cut global residential power consumption and their utility bills by 43 percent.

根据国际能源署的一项研究，如果消费者选择那些在电器使用寿命内能为他们节省最多钱的型号，他们将把全球住宅用电量和水电费减少43%。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级Shenwu pockets a cut of those savings, so both Shenwu and the client profit.

神武从这些积蓄中分一杯羹，所以神武和客户都获利。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级Ever-increasing pressure to cut costs has finally forced more companies to do some math on their energy use.

削减成本的压力越来越大，最终迫使更多的公司对其能源使用进行一些计算。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级Combine this fact with annual government threats to indiscriminately cut reimbursements; physicians are faced with no choice but to increase quantity to boost income.

将这一事实与政府每年不分青红皂白地削减报销的威胁结合起来；医生们别无选择，只能增加数量来增加收入。

2009年12月英语六级真题

四级If such expenditures (开支) cut into funding for more basic care, the net effect could actually be a decline in the nation’s health.

如果此类支出(开支) 削减更多基本医疗保健的资金，其净效应实际上可能是国家健康状况的下降。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights.

因此，你切断了眼神交流，社会学家埃尔文·戈夫曼（Erving Goffman，1963）称之为“灯光变暗”。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Believe it or not, optical illusion (错觉) can cut highway crashes.

信不信由你，视错觉(错觉) 可以减少高速公路撞车事故。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half.

一些研究表明，在道路上画上笔直的水平条最初可以将驾驶员的平均速度减半。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half.

在过去的四年里，雅典国家的福利人数减少了一半。

2000年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级You are going with me to cut grass.

你要和我一起去割草。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city.

从日出到日落，我的父亲、弟弟和我在这个城市的富裕地区划了很大的院子。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U. S. from Saudi Arabia.

游说者声称，在接下来的二三十年里，通过每天从储备中抽取100多万桶石油，该国可以减少相当于从沙特阿拉伯运往美国的所有货物的进口。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freeom (limits on electricity usage,driving and travel)that might cut back global warming.

没有哪个政府会对经济增长和个人自由（限制用电、开车和旅行）采取严格的限制措施，以遏制全球变暖。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级George Washington University in Washington, D. C. , for example, said last week that it would cut the value of its average merit scholarships by about one-third and reduce the number of recipients(接受者), pouring the savings, about $2.5 million, into need-based aid.

例如，位于华盛顿特区的乔治华盛顿大学上周表示，该校将把平均成绩奖学金的价值削减约三分之一，并减少获得奖学金的人数(接受者), 将节省下来的约250万美元投入到基于需求的援助中。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级He cut back only after a full-scale family intervention (干预), in which relatives told him he'd gained weight.

只有在全面的家庭干预后，他才减少开支(干预), 亲戚告诉他体重增加了。

2010年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Since then, Toebe said, she has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her Internet use.

Toebe说，从那以后，她一直信守对自己的承诺，减少上网次数。

2010年6月英语四级考试真题

四级The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career.

对于处于职业生涯早期的科学家来说，减薪的影响可能不那么严重。

2010年12月英语四级考试真题

四级He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectual opportunities.

他接受了30%的减薪，但认为这是值得的，因为有了更多的知识机会。

2010年12月英语四级考试真题

四级Sara Greenstein, Underwriters Laboratories’ chief strategy officer, offered her interpretation of the survey results, “Innovation is too fast only if corners are cut.

保险商实验室首席战略官Sara Greenstein对调查结果做出了解释，“只有偷工减料，创新才会太快。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）