He had an axe brought, and they cut down the tree, but found no one upon it.

他叫人拿来一把斧子，他们砍倒了树，却在上面找不到人。

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He has cut down the tree.

他已把树砍倒了。

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He cut down the tree which did not bear much fruit.

他把那棵结果实不多的树砍倒了。

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John took out his axe and cut down the tree.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The Lebanese military says it soldiers opened fire when the Israelis strayed across the border to cut down a tree.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Can't he see that it's not right for him to cut down the tree that gives him, and his kind, such benevolent shade?

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The tree is cut down one day in November during a ceremony in which the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the British ambassador to Norway and the Mayor of Oslo take active part.

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