lopping

英 [ˈlɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈlɑːpɪŋ]

v. 砍伐; 剪(枝)
lop的现在分词

Those executives would likely leave, lopping decades of experience and expertise off the top of the company.
但如果这样，这些高管可能会离开公司，并带走数十年的经验和专业知识。
There is talk among law schools of teaching more practical skills, focusing on narrower, but enduring, legal specialties like bankruptcy, and even lopping off the third year of law school.
各大法学院内都流传着一种观点，认为法律系应当教授更加实用的技能，侧重那些覆盖面较为狭窄、但是经久不衰的法律课题，比如破产，甚至可以砍掉法律专业的第三个学年。
More celebrities than ever are lopping off their long locks every day, and so the normal woman's temptation for a dramatic change is inevitable.
每天都有越来越多的明星们剪掉自己的长发，所以作为普通女性追逐潮流是不可避免的。
Other targets, such as lopping 10 per cent off the cost base in 2009, are similarly ambitious.
公司的其它目标，如2009年削减10%的成本基础，也同样富有挑战性。
But Medicare reform is hard to grasp. By contrast, lopping a full hour off your marathon time is readily understandable.
但是，与很难理解的medicare改革方案相比，将自己的马拉松成绩整整缩短一个小时很容易被人理解。