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They have been cutting down the trees and bulldozing the land.

他们正砍倒树木，推整土地。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The broadscale cutting down of trees is damaging the environment.

对树木的大规模砍伐正在破坏环境。

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Organizers made efforts to avoid cutting down old-growth trees.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%.

CNN: Brazil delays vote on bill regulating deforestation

Loans grew in emerging market such as Latin America and Poland and declined in economies that are "deleveraging" - that is, cutting down on debt - such as Spain and Portugal, the bank added.

BBC: Santander profits sink 90% on bad property loans

The slimming-down of RBS and the cost-cutting integration of the operations of Lloyds and HBOS have yet to take their full toll.

ECONOMIST: Looking for an upside to the downturn