cry over . weep because of；grieve about 因…而哭泣；因…感到悲痛

The man was crying over his misfortune．那人为自己的不幸而哭泣。

Don't cry over spilt milk．不要作无益的后悔。

cure of . bring somebody back to health 使（人）恢复健康

She is cured of her heart trouble．她的心脏病已经治好了。

Doctors are now able to cure people of many diseases which in former times would have killed them．医生现在能够治好许多从前致人死命的疾病。

cure of .get rid of（bad habit，etc．）去除；根除

Can you help to cure her son of his bad habits？你能帮助改掉她儿子的坏习惯吗？

No medicine can cure a man of discontent．没有药能消除一个人的不满。

curl up . form into a curved shape；rise in a curled shape 卷曲；盘旋上升

The snake curled up in the grass．蛇卷曲在草丛中。

Smoke can be seen curling up in the clear sky．烟在晴空中袅袅上升。

The pages of the book have curled up from constant use．由于经常使用，这书页都卷起来了。

cut a figure . give a good impression of；make oneself conspicuous in the hope of being admired 出风头；炫耀

Shouting and waving，he cut a figure at the head of the procession．他走在队伍前头，又是喊叫，又是招手，出尽了风头。

cut across . go a short way；take a short cut across 走捷径；抄近路穿过

They didn't want to walk to the corner and turn，so they cut across the lane to the bus stop．他们不想走到街道的拐角处拐弯而是穿过小巷到了汽车站。

We can gain time if we cut across this field．如果我们抄近路从这田野横穿过去，就可以赢得时间。

cut across . interrupt 打断

Her loud voice cut across their conversation．她的高嗓门打断了我们的谈话。

cut across . contradict；be opposite to 跟…相抵触；与…背道而驰

The chairman's decision cuts across the opinion of the whole committee．主席的决定与委员会全体成员的意见背道而驰。

I don't wish to press my suggestion if it would cut across anything you have in mind．如果我的建议违背你的想法的话，我不打算强迫你接受。

cut back . return quickly 迅速返回

He cut back through the woods to where he had been standing before．他急速穿过树林回到原先一直站立的地方。

The wounded soldier recovered and cut back to his unit．这位伤兵养好了伤，很快就归队了。

cut back . make shorter by cutting 剪短

The tailor cut the cloth back．裁缝把布剪短了。

We have cut the roses back in order to improve their growth．为了使玫瑰长得更好，我们已经修剪了枝干。

cut back . reduce in quantity or amount 削减；压缩

The only way to do that is to cut back expenses．做到这一点的唯一办法就是减少开支。

After the big job was finished，the builder cut back the number of men working for him．那项大工程完工之后，建筑商便裁减了工人的人数。

cut down . make something fall by cutting 砍倒

Many big trees along the road have been cut down for building houses．路旁的许多大树都被砍掉建房了。

cut down . reduce；lessen 削减；降低

This factory's production has been cut down．这家工厂的生产减少了。

Strenuous efforts have been made to cut down government expenses to a desirable level．政府已尽力把开支削减到了一个理想的水平。

In the end，I cut the dealer down by another five dollars．最后我使商贩把价格又减少了5美元。

The workers are doing all they can to cut down the accident rate．工人们正在尽一切努力降低事故率。

cut down . deprive of life or health（by disease，etc．）因疾病等夺去生命

The man was cut down in his prime of manhood by a pneumonia．那人因患肺炎而英年早逝。

cut down . destroy（an argument）驳倒

His arguments are very easy to cut down．他的论点很容易被驳倒。

He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator．他非常能言善辩，驳倒了最好的演说家。

cut down . reduce the size of（clothes，etc．）改小或缩短（衣服等）

The tailor is cutting down my dress．裁缝正在把我的衣服改小。

cut down on . cut back on；reduce 减少；削减

The doctor asked him to cut down on smoking．医生叫他少抽烟。

You must cut down on the amount of carbohydrates you eat if you want to get slim．如果你想变得苗条，必须减少你的吃糖量。

cut in . interrupt；intervene；interpose插嘴（后不带宾语）；干涉；插入

She always cuts in when other people are talking．别人谈话时她总要插嘴。

The telephone operator cut in and said that I had already spoken three minutes．总机插话说我已经通了3分钟的话了。

I think I ought to cut in on what they are doing．我想我应该干预他们的事。

He was stopped when he tried to cut in on the queue．他想插队时被人阻止了。

cut in . enter sharply into the path of another 超车；抢先

We were driving peacefully along the road when a police car cut in，forcing us to slow down．我们的车子在平稳地向前行驶，突然一辆警车超了上来，迫使我们减慢了速度。

Accidents are often caused by drivers who try to cut in．司机超车抢先常常造成意外事故。

The police car cut in ahead of the escaping robber．警车拦截了那个逃跑的强盗。

cut in . include；absorb 包括；吸收

I would like to be cut in on this project．我想加入这个项目。

“If you contribute one thousand dollars，we'll cut you in，”the chairman of the charity committee said to Mrs．Robinson．“如果你捐助1000美元，我们就吸收你入会。”慈善委员会主席对鲁滨逊太太说。