But there was no man on the farm to cut it down and sell it.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

When we're doing something that is interactive, we have to cut down on the detail of what we're doing because we can't support that in real time, but nonetheless there're lots of things we can do interactively.

当我们在做一些,互动性的项目时，我们需要减少,正在做的细节,因为在实际时间里,我们并没有足够时间支持它，但是还有很多其他东西,可以做得具有互动性。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

And if the other countries aren't going to cut down on their fishing, then you want to catch the fish now, because there aren't going to be any there tomorrow.

如果其他国家不打算减少捕捞量,那么你现在就想先把鱼都捞起来,因为没准明天就会无鱼可捞了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The Postal Service also wants to shut down some post offices and cut back on funding health care for retired mail carriers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

If everyone else is cutting down I don't have too, and if everyone else does cut down I don't have to, I end up using hot water and driving a big car and so on.

如果大家都想减排,我没必要跟风,如果别人真的减排了又与我何干,我照样用着热水,开着大排量汽车

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"It is always nice to get a little package on a Saturday but if it means not paying people properly or having to cut down, I will understand."

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

"Jack's challenge over the next few years is to use his extraordinary skill and experience to cut down that deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13