看绝望的主妇学英语高频短语：Cut out

Cut out: If an engine, machine, or piece of equipment cuts out, it suddenly stops working; To remove sth from a larger piece by cutting; cut sth out of sth; (of a person) leave quickly, especially so as to avoid a boring or awkward situation; If you tell someone to cut something out, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it.

中文释义：cut out 核心意思是：把……分离、阻断。当 “cut out” 用于物品时是指：……不能正常运转，……被分离出来。当 “cut out” 针对人时是指：打断某人继续参与某事 。除此以外，Cut out for/to be是指适合……的意思，可以是某种工作、某些任务、职业、角色等。例句：He’s cut out for playing cards because he’s got an extraordinary memory .（他天生就是块打牌的料，因为他具备超常的记忆力。）

Cut out to/for: To be well-suited for a certain position or role. Often used in negative constructions; destined to be something or a particular type of person. As in We weren’t cut out to be laborers or He did his best, but he just wasn’t cut out for farming.

中文释义：Cut out for/to be是指适合……，可以是某种工作、某些任务、职业、角色等。要是一个人对你说: You are cut out for that job.他的意思就是，他认为你非常适合做那个工作,你有能力把工作做得非常出色,也就是中国人常说的某某人生来是做那个工作的材料。

例句：He’s cut out for playing cards because he’s got an extraordinary memory .（他天生就是块打牌的料，因为他具备超常的记忆力。）