1·The Government has cut back on defence spending.
政府已削减了国防开支。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Look for expenses that can be cut back, and don't give up in the face of high fixed expenses.
找一些可以削减的花销，在高昂的固定花销方面不要放弃。
3·After bringing forward purchases to beat the VAT rise, consumers are likely to cut back in early 2010.
在提前消费以应对增值税上涨后，消费者可能会在2010年初削减支出。
4·Prawn-catchers will be cut back too because, though prawns (Scotland's main catch) are plentiful, those who fish for them also snare cod.
捕虾者也将被削减，因为尽管大虾（苏格兰的主要捕获物）数量充足，但捕虾者也会捕捉鳕鱼。
5·We cut back in terms of costs of course but we had faith in what we were doing and the feeling that we were doing something of value saw us through.
我们当然也对成本有所削减，但我们对所做的一切非常有信心。我们感觉所做的一切都是有价值的，这种想法帮助我们渡过了难关。
1·Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.
过于繁茂的落叶灌木可以在每年的这个时候修剪。
2·Sometimes it seems cut back so much that many people declare it to be already dead.
有时葡萄树看起来被修剪得太厉害，许多人会判定它已经死了。
1·The film cut back to the earlier scene so that we understood her reasons.
电影倒叙了以前的情景，使我们了解了她的理由。