cut sth into sth 把某物切成某物。如：

　　First cut the meat into small pieces.

　　先把肉切成小塊。

　　He cut the apple into halves.

　　他把它切成了兩半。

　　注：若指分為兩半，可說成 cut sth into halves 或 cut sth in half。

　　cut down 砍倒。如：

　　They cut down the big tree.

　　他們把這棵大樹砍倒了。

　　削減，壓縮，縮減。如：

　　Expenses ought to be cut down in every way.

　　應該在一切方面減少開支。

　　You’d better cut the article down to about 2,000 words.

　　你最好能把這篇文章壓到兩千字左右。

　　cut in 插入，插話。如：

　　Don’t cut in when others are talking.

　　別人說話時別插話。

　　He kept cutting in on our conversation.

　　我們談話時他老是插話。

　　注：cut in on sth 有時可說成 cut into sth, 如上面第二句也可說成：

　　He kept cutting into our conversation.

　　插隊，超車。如：

　　He cut in at the head of the line.

　　他在隊伍的前面插隊。

　　The car overtook me and then cut in on me.

　　那輛小車超了我的車，然后插在我前面。

　　cut off 切斷，隔斷，斷絕。如：

　　We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation.

　　我們在電話里談話談了一半就被切斷了。

　　The flood cut the villagers off from the rest of the world.

　　洪水切斷了村民們與外界的聯系。