Despite objections by the White House, the Senate voted today to cut off aid.

尽管白宫反对，参议院今天投票中断援助。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.

赈济货车一到达，便引发了村民争抢救援物资的小规模骚乱。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The government announced a cut-off in overseas aid.

政府宣布停止对外援助。

《牛津词典》

An act of Congress requires a cut-off of most U.S.aid to countries where elected governments are unseated by the military.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

And I think we decided to pull the Band-Aid off as quickly as possible.

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The latter should lead you to rip the band-aid off and force some haircuts.

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They rip the Band-Aid off and get down to the important stuff.

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