cull

单词cull

基本解释

n.: （为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的）选择性宰杀
v.: 部分捕杀
网络: 挑选；采；摘

权威解释

• 部分捕杀，选择性宰杀（为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量）:

  to kill a particular number of animals of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large

• （为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的）选择性宰杀:

  the act of killing some animals (usually the weakest ones) of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large

英汉解释

• 非规格材

• 下脚料

• 劣等的比赛用马

• 等外材

• 不合格品

• 废品

• 选出物

• 拣出的东西;拣剩的东西;(不合格的)等外品;(社会中的)败类

• 采集

• 去劣留优

• 分辨好坏

• 摘录

• 选择

• 拣出,剔出

• 采,摘(花);拣,选拔

• 挑选,挑出,选拔

• 淘汰

• 剔除

词性分析

• 第三人称单数：culls

• 现在分词：culling

• 过去式：culled

同义词

n.rejectscrapdiscardcastoffsecondv.removeget rid ofcast offpickselect

反义词

v.retain

例句

• By today"s standards, a cull of Australians or Americans would be at least 60 times as productive as one of Bangladeshis.

  按照今天的标准，一个澳大利亚人或美国人的碳排放至少是一个孟加拉人的60倍。

• A Defence spokesman said the cull was finished and had been conducted in the most humane way possible.

  国防部发言人表示，捕杀袋鼠采用了最人道的方式，并已圆满完成任务。

• The shark tore two chunks from Cull"s left leg, ripping off half his calf and leaving him with deep lacerations to his knee and thigh.

  鲨鱼在Cull的左腿上撕下两大块肉，把他的小腿咬掉了一半，大腿和膝盖也有很深的伤口。

• Since the first case of the disease was confirmed in November the country has embarked on a mass cull.

  自去年十一月第一例口蹄疫确认后，韩国就开始了大规模屠宰。

• So, in an effort to bring some clarity, I"ve tried to cull some of the best analysis of the budget-deficit debate this week.

  因此，为了拨开一些迷雾，我试着挑了一些对本周预算赤字争论的最佳分析。

• City officials are considering either a cull of the rabbits, in which a number of them would be killed, or a trap and relocate program.

  政府官员在考虑选出一部分兔子杀掉，或者制定一个限制和重新安置的计划。

• And although some activists are calling for a cull, few MPs, even among the clean ones, have joined them.

  尽管一些激进分子要求挑选出某些议员，甚至一些清白的议员，加入他们。

• Some of the extra staff were required but a 7. 5% cull might be necessary now, bringing down the payroll by 400, 000 or so.

  一些额外的雇员是必要的，但现在压缩7.5%的人数也是可以的，这将减少40万人的支出。

• It is likely though that the divine breath will cull the souls not yet ready to partake of their divinity.

  然而很可能那神圣的呼吸将会剔出还没有准备好分享他们神性的那些灵魂。

• Therefore a few years ago when the TaitungChristianHospital needed to cull the patient charts to make space, I volunteered to help.

  几年前台东基督教医院想缩减病历量以便有更大的利用空间，我自愿帮忙这件病历筛选工作。