The areas the printmaker cut away will be lower on the surface of the wood.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.

更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

you can see that the subcortical here, so this is a brain that was cut away here, here, and here was a chunk taking out, you can see deep into this area you can also see that's what happening in the cortex.

你可以看看这块皮质下层，大脑在这块，这块，还有这块被分隔开了,这一大块，你可以看得很深,你能看见在皮质层里发生了什么事情。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

"And I just take this, a good sharp whittling knife like this and cut away everything that does not look like a guitar."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

They told him that if earnings go up-- we try to keep a target payout ratio-- but if earnings suddenly shoot up, we're not going to increase our dividends right away because that would set too high an expectation and we don't want to have to cut it.

他们告诉他,如果收益提高,我们会努力维持既定的股利发放率,但如果收益大涨,我们不会马上提高股利,因为这样会导致过高的期望,我们也不想降低股利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Suddenly the air was cut by a sharp whistle not far away.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Electricity in the capital has been cut off. Roads and bridges have been washed away.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05