音标:[pru:n] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 洋李, 李子干, 深紫红色, 傻瓜
vt. 修剪, 砍掉, 删除
vi. 删除, 删节
n. dried plum
词型变化:名词复数形式 : prunes ; 过去分词 : pruned ; 现在分词 : pruning ; 过去式 : pruned ; 第三人称单数 : prunes
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
动词64%
名词36%

prune的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. You should prune your roses in the spring.你应该在春天修剪一下你的玫瑰花。
  2. It is our job to prune the side branches of these trees.我们的工作就是修剪这些树的侧枝。
  3. The gardener pruned the dead branches.园丁剪去枯枝。
  4. Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned.下一年度的预算将大幅度削减。
  5. The teacher pruned the student's article of its superfluities.老师删去这个学生文章中的多余内容。
  6. We must prune away some of our surplus staff.我们必须把部分多余的人员精简掉。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. It's the best time to prune.这是整枝的最好时节。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. He is pruning all the dead branches.他正在剪去所有的枯枝。
  2. He is pruning roses with a pruning knife.他正用修枝刀修剪玫瑰。
  3. We will have to prune public spending.我们将不得不削减公共开支。
  4. We should prune waste in the health service to reduce government spending.我们应该减少保健服务中的浪费以削减政府开支。
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  6. Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned.下一年度的预算将大幅度削减。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
prune away (v.+adv.)
    去掉(多余部分) remove (unwanted part of anything)
prune down (v.+adv.)
    削减(开支等) reduce (sth)
prune from (v.+prep.)
    从…去掉,删掉 remove (unwanted parts) from (sth)
prune off (v.+adv.)
    剪掉 cut offprune sth ⇔ off

    Please prune the twigs off.

    请将小枝剪下。

    These straggly stems should be pruned off.

    这些蔓生枝条该剪了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • prune drastically大幅度削减
  • prune away修剪,删去
  • prune down〔off〕剪掉

经典引文

  • If a man doesn't like a girl's looks..she's a..prune.

    出自:Women Speaking
  • Marston's textsjudiciously pruned..without Webster's additions.

    出自:Times Literary Supplement
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