Often,he would pass islands with strong enemy forces, cut off their supplies and leave them with no chance to fight.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

No one says," Oh, poor Luke, " he died when Darth Vader cut off the hand."

没人说，“哦，可怜的卢克，达斯·维特，砍掉他的手后，他就死了“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I'm not taking a cut on that either, all right, there's no money changing hands.

我不会从中得到提成,这不是推销

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

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

VOA: special.2009.12.12

I don't actually know exactly what it would take, but you just cut off and snip the relevant nerve endings so that we're no longer able to engage in that higher order thinking.

我不知道手术到底怎样做，但只要切除相关的神经末梢,让我们无法进行,更高层次的思维。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Pruning makes no sense. You cut off parts of a plant.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

The fact there is no clear-cut front-runner, as is the norm in more stagnant, authoritarian states nearby, has led many voters to seize their chance to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Telling white pioneers that they could no longer shoot game in the boundaries of Yosemite National Park to feed their families or cut down trees for firewood was much harder.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"We've seen the example of Greece, where there was no more trust in the Greek government's ability to cut down the budget, to contain the debt or to keep it under control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Earlier this year, police salaries were increased and many are now being paid through bank transfers, so no one is able to take a cut of a policeman's pay before it gets into the hands of the employee.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16