1. cut, 砍，剪，这个词在口语里意思丰富。
a) make the cut 在一群人中胜出。Out of a pool of twenty applicants, only 3 made the cut.在二十人申请中，只有三人获得录取。He has made the cut in the list.他在一系列人中胜出获选。
b) You can cut it if you never give up. 如果你不放弃就一定会成功。If you wonder if you cut it, you just need look around to find out that so many people like you have done it. 如果你觉得没有把握能成功，你只要看看就会发现，四周有很多像你这样的人都成功了。Football is the only sports that matters in this land. Pingpong and valleyball don't cut it. 在这个国家，足球才是举足轻重的运动，乒乓球和排球都没法占有地位。
c) 你们两个土匪分赃，你这个土匪说：Where is my cut?这里俚语的意思是“我的那一份呢？”现在你跟人谈生意，谈了半天也没有见到自己的利益所在，也可以说：Where is my cut?
d) Cuts, $10.这里的cuts作“剪头发”解释。要用复数，或许是剪次头发要用剪子剪无数次吧。style haircuts, 时髦发型。crew-cut 板寸头。
e) “减薪水、裁员”："Management shouldn't get a reward while everybody else takes a cut." 人人都减薪水，经理们不该拿奖金。I was laid off due to workforce cut. 因为裁员，我别解雇了。The company cut him. 公司把他给裁了。
f) cut out 有两个意思，一是被动态，能胜任，例句： I just don't think I'm cut out for music. 我想我根本就不是搞音乐的料。He has his work cut out for him in the company. 他在公司面临重大挑战。have one’s work cut out for you, 遇到难干的工作。二是主动态，有“停止使用”的意思。例句：We cut out cable TV and have saved a lot of money. 我们断了有线电视，省了不少钱。
g) Let us cut a deal. 我们来做一笔交易吧。
h) short cut，捷径，There is no short cut for English learning. 学英语无捷径可走。short-cut methods of maths, 数学速算法。
i) Cut it out, OK? 得了吧，不要再提（这事）了，好吗？
a) make the cut 在一群人中胜出。Out of a pool of twenty applicants, only 3 made the cut.在二十人申请中，只有三人获得录取。He has made the cut in the list.他在一系列人中胜出获选。
b) You can cut it if you never give up. 如果你不放弃就一定会成功。If you wonder if you cut it, you just need look around to find out that so many people like you have done it. 如果你觉得没有把握能成功，你只要看看就会发现，四周有很多像你这样的人都成功了。Football is the only sports that matters in this land. Pingpong and valleyball don't cut it. 在这个国家，足球才是举足轻重的运动，乒乓球和排球都没法占有地位。
c) 你们两个土匪分赃，你这个土匪说：Where is my cut?这里俚语的意思是“我的那一份呢？”现在你跟人谈生意，谈了半天也没有见到自己的利益所在，也可以说：Where is my cut?
d) Cuts, $10.这里的cuts作“剪头发”解释。要用复数，或许是剪次头发要用剪子剪无数次吧。style haircuts, 时髦发型。crew-cut 板寸头。
e) “减薪水、裁员”："Management shouldn't get a reward while everybody else takes a cut." 人人都减薪水，经理们不该拿奖金。I was laid off due to workforce cut. 因为裁员，我别解雇了。The company cut him. 公司把他给裁了。
f) cut out 有两个意思，一是被动态，能胜任，例句： I just don't think I'm cut out for music. 我想我根本就不是搞音乐的料。He has his work cut out for him in the company. 他在公司面临重大挑战。have one’s work cut out for you, 遇到难干的工作。二是主动态，有“停止使用”的意思。例句：We cut out cable TV and have saved a lot of money. 我们断了有线电视，省了不少钱。
g) Let us cut a deal. 我们来做一笔交易吧。
h) short cut，捷径，There is no short cut for English learning. 学英语无捷径可走。short-cut methods of maths, 数学速算法。
i) Cut it out, OK? 得了吧，不要再提（这事）了，好吗？
