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• Thereafter, the white house missed few opportunities to cut me down to size .
  从此以后，白宫不失时机地降低我的威望。
• The chances are all against his ever having another opportunity to cut a ditch .
  他便绝对没有希望再得到掘沟的机会了。
• If i'd tried to cut off a few minutes for myself, then he'd have a case .
  幸亏我从来没有偷过半点懒，不然那就有他说的了。
• That dumb bunch would like to cut off the hoses fire protection and milk .
  那批蠢材想要掐断牛奶供应，还要阻止安装灭火器。
• If the tape is very long, it is possible to cut out the rows which are wrong .
  如果这纸带很长，可以把有错误的那一段纸带切掉。
• He wanted me to cut off the talks, discuss nothing else, and come home early .
  他要我停止会谈，不再讨论其他问题，并早日回国。
• Owen proceeded to cut up one of the slices of bread into a number of little square blocks .
  欧文接着把一片面包切成许多小方块。
• It is useless to cut off the branch of a tree if the roots are diseased .
  如果一棵树的根子烂了，光把它的枝条砍去是无济于事的。
• The banks wanted us to cut executive pay, skip dividends, and all the rest .
  银行要我们削减高级职员的薪金，停付红利，如此等等。
• I hear the swish of the sword that is being sharpened to cut off a suitor's head .
  我听见霍霍的磨刀声，好砍掉一个求婚者的脑袋。