Cutback的意思|Cutback的解释-里氏词典

cutback ['kʌtbæk]

n. 情节倒叙, 减少, 短截植物

[经] 减少

Many factories have made cutbacks.
许多工厂已经减产了。
People is concerned about the cutback in federal welfare programs.
人们关注著联邦福利计划的削减。
People are concerned about the cutback in federal welfare programs.
人们关注著联邦福利计划的削减。

cutback

[ noun ]
a reduction in quantity or rate
<noun.act>

cutback \cutback\ n.
1. a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount
of an activity or the funding for an activity; as,
cutbacks in government research funding increased
unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a
cutback in auto production.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

2. a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel,
movie, etc.
[PJC]

3. (Sports) a sudden switching of directions of a running
football player, a surfboarder, etc.
[PJC]

Worried officials said absorbing the newcomers probably will be hampered by the nearly 50 percent cutback in federal refugee assistance funding since 1984.
Prices fell sharply Monday after OPEC decided to suspend talks on a proposed 2 percent cutback in oil production until June.
The cutback in the KLM investment would reduce the Dutch airline's percentage of the $700 million in cash equity raised for the buyout from 57 percent to 25 percent, the Journal said.
The arbs say the cutback isn't fair.
Baker spoke as sources said the U.S. budget squeeze may force Bush to confront a proposed armed forces cutback even as he reassures the allies he will not cut a military deal with Gorbachev behind their backs at the summit.
Once an additional 150,000 support personnel are taken into account, Bush's cutback would affect about 10 percent of the U.S. military force in Europe.
The carrier claimed the cutback was necessary because its unionized pilots had held work slowdowns during contract negotiations.
Paul Hirsch, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, notes that in any cutback, "more people are scared than wind up getting hurt.
Earlier in the day, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Saudi Arabia had notified U.S., European and Japanese oil companies of a 15 percent to 20 percent cutback in its oil supply for the month of September.
The last five Italian warships have left the Persian Gulf in the latest and largest cutback of foreign naval forces following the Iran-Iraq cease-fire, Italian officials say.
There was no official comment on the cutback reports from Kuwait, another OPEC member that has been producing well beyond its quota of 1.5 million barrels a day.
Gorbachev this month offered a 1.26 million cutback in Warsaw Pact troops as part of an overall reduction in forces to reach equal ceilings of 1.35 million for the two alliances.
And the company slashed an additional 27,000 jobs in a sweeping cutback announced shortly before Christmas 1986.
The 1985 results included special charges of $1.15 billion after taxes, mainly for write-down of copper, coal and oil shale interests, and costs related to a cutback in salaried employment.
Assad's visit comes amid a significant shift in Moscow's relations with Syria, its closest Arab ally, and a reported cutback in aid.
The Amherst campus' share of the cutback is $6.4 million and follows a 5 percent slash ordered in July, said Paul J. Page, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
The mandate is a major reason for the current cutback.
But since Mr. Checchi agreed to the cutback, KLM appeared to have little recourse.
The end of Sunday pickups, a cutback on Sunday sorting and half-day weekday closings at many post offices may mean headaches for many.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hope the cutback will help prices recover to the group's minimum reference price of $18 a barrel, set in November.
Any easing of cutback plans generally reflects an unusually strong outlook for hiring.
A trade report published late Tuesday stimulated an early rally, because the numbers showed sharp drawdowns of gasoline and heating oil supplies, as well as a cutback of refinery use in the week ended Friday, analysts said.
Mr. Masse said some of the old Canadian bases will "obviously" have to be closed as a result of the planned cutback in the armed forces.
For the whole year, manufacturers plan a 2.6% increase in outlays, compared with a 7% cutback last year.
David Morton, chairman of Alcan, which has already announced an 8.5% cutback in production, said at a recent news briefing that the industry may trim another 900,000 tons in 1992.
Analysts attributed some of crude oil's strength to higher prices for Brent Blend, a European oil that has been pushed up by a cutback of 70,000 barrels per day at a North Sea pipeline.
Apache had to slash such spending 38% to $51.6 million last year and the company acknowledges it must make another big cutback.
"I think we've got to cut another 10% over the next six months," says a senior executive at one major securities firm that has already announced a large cutback.
Baker made no reference to a 30 percent to 50 percent cutback in his speech.
In January, he announced a 14.2 percent reduction in the defense budget and a 19.5 percent cutback in weapons and military hardware.

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