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a cutback in sth
cutback 是可数名词；介词 in 后面接被削减的事物，如资金、人员、服务等。
The university faces a significant cutback in funding.
这所大学面临着资金的大幅削减。
削减；缩减；减少
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
削减；缩减；减少
A reduction in something, such as spending, services, or production.
The university faces a significant cutback in funding.
这所大学面临着资金的大幅削减。
对现有项目或服务的削减
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
冲浪者转向并朝浪涛破裂处回冲的动作
Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
用于冷施工屋面粘合剂、胶泥和涂料的溶剂稀释沥青
Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
一种向离进攻球门线更远位置传的进攻传球
An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
The company announced cutbacks in its marketing budget.
公司宣布削减营销预算。
Due to the drought, farmers had to make cutbacks in water usage.
由于干旱，农民不得不减少用水量。
The airline implemented cutbacks on flights to smaller cities.
该航空公司减少了对小城市的航班。
cutback 是可数名词；介词 in 后面接被削减的事物，如资金、人员、服务等。
The university faces a significant cutback in funding.
这所大学面临着资金的大幅削减。
make cutbacks 是常用搭配，cutbacks 在此常用复数；介词 to 引出受影响的项目。
The hospital had to make cutbacks to its emergency services.
这家医院不得不削减急诊服务。
Not this
The school had to cutback its arts program.
Use this
The school had to cut back its arts program.
cutback 是名词，表示‘削减’；表示削减这个动作时应用动词短语 cut back（分开写），名词不能直接作谓语。
Not this
The hospital is facing cutbacks of nurses.
Use this
The hospital is facing cutbacks in nurses.
表示在某方面削减时，cutback 后接介词 in，而不是 of。of 表示所属关系，in 表示范围，例如 cutbacks in staff 才是‘人员的削减’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
预算削减
Budget cutbacks forced the library to close on Sundays.
削减预算迫使图书馆在周日关闭。
人员缩减；裁员
The company announced staff cutbacks in its European offices.
公司宣布缩减其欧洲办事处的人员。
大幅削减
Drastic cutbacks in public health funding put patients at risk.
公共卫生经费的大幅削减使患者面临风险。
进行削减
Families are making cutbacks to cope with rising prices.
家庭正在削减开支以应对物价上涨。
削减经费
A cutback in funding meant the project was cancelled.
经费削减意味着该项目被取消。
减产
OPEC announced production cutbacks to boost prices.
欧佩克宣布减产以提振油价。
由于预算削减，隧道尽头的灯被关掉了。
A famous wry line from the Dilbert comic strip, often quoted in offices to mock corporate budget cuts.
这是《呆伯特》漫画中的一句著名的冷幽默，常在职场中被引用，用来讽刺企业削减预算。
Use cutback naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：把预算“砍（cut）”掉一块再“退回去（back）”，就是“削减”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、government budgets、news reports 这里分析的是 cutback 最常见的“削减、缩减”含义（如 budget cutbacks、staff cutbacks）。该词多用于商务、政府预算或新闻报道等较正式的书面场合，日常口语中较少单独使用。搭配使用时可保持中性或正式的语体。
这些词都含有与 cutback 结尾相同的拼写和读音 /æk/ 或 /bæk/，但 cutback 的重音在第一个音节，所以它们并不真正押韵。注意区分 '-ack' 和 '-ake'，如 bake /beɪk/ 发音不同。
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