axe
单词辨析：
指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。
That teacher was dismissed/fired/sacked secretly.
那名教师被秘密开除了。
Employees can be dismissed/fired/sacked for playing computer games at work.
员工上班时间玩电脑游戏会遭到解雇。
指突然解除某人的职务。
The company announced Thursday their plan to axe 180 employees.
该公司周四宣布计划裁员180人。
Vera has been axed from the team.
薇拉已被开除出队。
指强行解除某人的职务，常可与 sack 换用。
He has just been fired/sacked for being late.
他刚刚因为迟到被解雇。
The company fired/sacked him and he didn't know what to do.
公司把他开除了，他不知该怎么办。
指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。
The chain store laid off 500 workers in October.
这家连锁店10月份裁员500人。
Millions of workers were laid off during the economic crisis.
经济危机期间，数百万工人被解雇。
指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。
The committee removed the corrupt official.
委员会罢免了那名腐败的官员。
Congress has the right to remove the President from office.
国会有权罢黜总统。
解除某人的职务。
He was sacked from the job, although he did nothing wrong.
他没做错事却被解雇了。
Dad was sacked for being drunk.
爸爸因为喝醉酒而遭到解雇。
相关例句：
John got the axe when he arrived late for work three days in succession.
约翰由于连续3天上班迟到而被解雇了。
Jack swung the axe and with one blow split open the door.
杰克抡起斧头，猛地一下把门劈开。
He struck off the rotten branches with an axe.
他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝。
Once upon a time there comes along the woodman, and with his sharp axe he fells the oak.
不久，来了一个樵夫，把橡树砍了去。
He maintained that he was protecting himself from Mr Cox, who came at him with an axe.
他坚持说当时考克斯先生拿着斧头向他冲过来，他是在自卫。
Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。