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基本解释

They think that taking a break, or cutting back on their workload, is out of the question.
他们还认为花点时间休息或者削减工作量是想都不用想的。
People are cutting back on everything from shopping trips to hanami parties to view the spring cherry blossom.
从购物旅行到春天樱花盛开时的赏花会，人们正在削减一切开支。
That is hardly surprising: cutting back on CSR, or “sustainability” as it is sometimes known, would seem to be a quick and relatively painless way to save money.
如此，削减用于支持CSR或被熟知为可持续发展的开支，成为一个快速又相对无痛苦的省钱方法就不那么令人惊讶了。

He warned about the future of NATO unless Europe stops cutting back on defense spending.
In fact, if the other person is working hard, or is cutting back on their carbon emissions, you have every bit more incentive to not work hard or to keep high carbon emissions yourself.
实际上,如果其他人正在努力工作,或者正在尽量减少碳排量,你总会有想偷懒的动机,或者总是继续大量排碳
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Of course, you can imagine the thoughts of Louis XVI as they were cutting back his hair to await the fall of the guillotine on the 21st of January, 1793.
你可以想象下在1793年1月21日这天,当人们拽住路易十六的头发,等待断头台下落时他会想些什么
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So cutting back on fleet sales is good for profitability, but bad for market share.
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