cut down on 与 cut down 转载
(2017-01-07 09:13:30)分类: 教学资源 |
cut
down-v.
砍倒,
胜过,
削减,
删节;
cut down on-减少
跟没说一样,然后又在网上发现了这种解释:
cut down
on:减少对…之消耗量,消减
cut down
也有“消减,
减少”的意思,还有“砍倒”的意思,
但区别在哪里呢?我找了以下的例句:
比如:
to cut down on overstaffing
裁减冗员
(lay off redundant
staff也表达同样的意思
)
We need to cut down on superfluous spending。
Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic
Bags
to cut down on the suicide rate
I smoke too much. I need to cut down. I need to cut down on the
smoking.
I cut down a tree. I cut it down.
我的简单理解:
1、cut down用法比较简单,比如说是砍树的时候,概念比较形象;而cut down on多用在生活习惯和经济方面,显得比较抽象;
2、cut down在用法简单的时候是及物动词,而在抽象的时候是不及物动词,所以后边要加一个“on”。