cutting

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The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.
大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。
Jordan promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.
乔丹承诺在不减少基本服务的前提下，缩减市政预算。
His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet.
他减税的承诺让亢奋的人群欢呼雀跃起来。
Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.
有些公司在削减成本，希望一切好转。
When at home, most evenings would be spent reading, cutting up and filing away his photographs.
晚上在家时，经常都是在看书或剪切和归类他的照片。

(ARTICLE) an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine
(PLANT) a piece cut off from a plant that can be used to grow another plant of the same type
(PASSAGE) a deep, narrow passage made through a hill for a road, railway, or canal
unkind and intending to upset someone

A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it.
A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings.
A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
A cutting is a narrow valley which has been cut through a hill so that a road or railway line can pass through.