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Energetic efforts have been made to ______ government expenses to a desirable level.

  A. cut short     B. cut out      C. cut down     D. cut off

 

C

考查短语辨义。cut down 砍倒,削减,删节;cut off 切断,隔绝;切掉,剪下;cut out“切掉, 裁剪出, 取代, 停止”;cut short (=interrupt) 剪短;削短;(突然)中止;打断。

 

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