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今天我们要学的词是slash¹。Slash动词，意思是大幅度裁剪、削减。After completing its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon slashed² the prices of dozens of items at all 460 of its new grocery stores. 亚马逊在完成了对全食超市价值137亿美元的收购后，在所有460家超市大幅度削减了数十件商品的价格。Research on 20,000 middle-aged³ men and women found that drinking four cups of coffee a day could slash the chance of early death. 一项对两万名中年男女的调查发现，每天饮用四杯咖啡可以大幅度降低早逝的几率。好的，我们今天学习的词是slash, slash, slash...时。好的，我们今天学习的词是unveil, unveil, unveil...

1 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

2 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。