cutting down

基本解释

It may not be possible these days for us to get down to less than ten possessions like Gandhi did, but start cutting down to bare basics.
如今，让我们像甘地那样拥有不到十件私人物品，可能不现实，我们却可以开始将这些削减到基本需求。
Most scientists believe the warming trend is mainly caused by human activity, especially the use of fossil fuels and the cutting down of forests.
大多数科学家认为，气候变暖主要是人类活动造成的，特别是化石燃料的使用和森林面积的减少。
Along with cutting down on the sodium in your diet, consider giving up some of that alcohol.
在饮食中减少钠摄取的同时，你还得考虑放弃一些酒了。

But you do have to remember by butterflying, you are cutting down the overall height of that root ball.
OK. You can see that thing is cutting down the problem in half each time, which is good, but there's one more thing I need to deal with.
这很棒，但是我们还需要处理另外一件事情,让我们仔细来看看,我在开始做之前一直在说，应该先试验试验。
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Because I'm cutting down the problem in half at each time. You're right, but there's something we have to do to add to that, and that's the last thing I want to pick up on.
但是我们还需要强调一点,这是我最后想讲的一点,让我们来看看代码-实际上，让我们先来测试测试吧。
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Doctors in Alabama are using the technology to save lives by cutting down on medical errors.
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