cut out

• 1. 

  ADJ If you are not cut out for a particular type of work, you do not have the qualities that are needed to be able to do it well. 合适的

  例：

  I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it.

  我还是不再从医。我不太合适干那个。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife. 剪下

  例：

  I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.

  我把它剪了下来，钉在我工作室的墙上。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you cut out a part of a text, you do not print, publish, or broadcast that part, because to include it would make the text too long or unacceptable. 删掉

  例：

  I listened to the programme and found they'd cut out all the interesting stuff.

  我听了那个节目，发现他们已经删掉了所有有趣的内容。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB To cut out something unnecessary or unwanted means to remove it completely from a situation. For example, if you cut out a particular type of food, you stop eating it, usually because it is bad for you. 戒除

  例：

  I've simply cut egg yolks out entirely.

  我已经根本不吃蛋黄了。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If an object cuts out the light, it is between you and the light so that you are in the dark. 遮挡

  例：

  The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight.

  窗帘拉上了一半以遮挡阳光。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB If an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working. 突然熄火

  例：

  The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out.

  直升飞机两个发动机中的一个突然熄火时，直升机撞地着陆。