Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets.

比如说你的目标节食减肥，吃甜食。

Misfortune had struck them gracefully, cutting off their erratic histories with a catastrophic dash, instead of, as with many, attenuating each life to an uninteresting meagreness, through long years of wrinkles, neglect, and decay.

厄运客气地降临到他们身上，通过灾难性地一击，将他们两人游移定的生命割断，而让他们像许多人那样，过布满皱纹、被人遗忘、衰老腐朽的漫长岁月，把生命逐渐耗竭到枯燥无味的尽头。

Oh, how she regretted it all. She had often heard of people cutting off their noses to spite their faces but heretofore it had been only a figure of speech.

她常常听说有人为了要害别人反而害了自己，从今以后这仅仅个比喻了。

Railay is a small peninsula that is only accessible by boat due to the high limestone cliffs cutting off mainland access.

莱利一个面积小的半岛，由于高耸的石灰岩悬崖切断了陆地的通道，只能乘船进入。

And the man was shocked to wake up and find the tide had come in and completely surrounded him, cutting him off from the shore.

这名男子惊醒了，发现潮水袭来并全包围了他，使他与海岸相隔。

Some winners experience a deluge of unwelcome requests for money, so they wind up cutting themselves off from others.

有些中奖者会收到大量汹涌而至的令人厌恶的借钱请求，最终他们可能直接断绝与其他人的往来。

So, to me, it is very dangerous to have a plan B, because you're cutting yourself off from the chance of really succeeding.

所以，对我来说有备选计划险的，因为它将会阻断你获得真正成功的机会。

It caused a tsunami with 30 foot waves that swept inland leading to the deaths of roughly 20,000 people and cutting off electricity to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

地震引发30英尺的海啸涌入内陆，导致约2万人死亡，福岛核电站停电。

Groups representing such household names as Clorox, Proctor and Gamble and Pepsi fear other countries cutting off exports to the U.S. in order to keep supplies for their own sick populations.

代表高乐氏、宝洁、甘伯和百事可乐等品牌的团体担心，其他国家会切断对美国的出口，以保证本国对患病人口的供应。

Yet overfishing and the cruel practice of finning, cutting off shark fins to make exotic soups and returning the wounded creature to the sea to die, are threatening shark numbers.

然而，过度捕捞和割鳍的残忍做法，——割下鲨鱼鳍来做异国风情的汤，然后把受伤的鲨鱼放回大海——正威胁着鲨鱼的数量。

When I was younger, I used to actually pride myself on my music snobbery. But nowadays, it just feels like I'm potentially cutting myself off from hearing some great ideas.

当我比现在年轻时，我曾为自己在音乐上的势利心而骄傲，但如今，这感觉就像我把自己隔绝了起来，可能听到一些了起的想法。

So many students have never done a mock test or a practice test and in the real exam, they are so surprised by how fast it goes, the examiner cutting them off because they've never practiced.

多学生从来没有做过模拟考试或练习考试，而在真正的考试中，他们对考试的速度感到惊讶，考官会打断他们，但他们从来没有练习过。

But if we examine this person's life, we might find the presence of a hugely competitive and jealous mother who could be extremely displeased by her daughter's success — and might respond by cutting off her love and becoming highly aggressive.

但如果我们审视这个人的生活，我们可能会发现一个非常好胜和嫉妒的母亲，她可能会对女儿的成功非常满，并可能会切断对她的爱，表现得非常有侵略性。

The curtains are mostly drawn, cutting off any direct line of sight for those outside.

窗帘被拉上了一大半，从外面无法直视其中。

The drones flew deep behind the lines, cutting off units and making supply routes impassable.

俄罗斯无人机深入乌克兰后方飞行，切断部队，使补给路线无法通行。

But killing the whole internet is harder than just cutting off a couple submarine cables.

但扼杀整个网路世界比单纯切掉一些海底电缆要难上许多。

If I still lived in the city I would put more emphasis in my home life, seek out more positive friendships while cutting myself off from people who influence me in negative ways.

如果我还住在城市，我会更加重视我的家庭生活，寻找更多积极的友谊，同时远离那些以消极方式影响我的人。

Google is cutting off Huawei from using some of its Android mobile services.

谷歌停止为华为提供一些安卓手机服务。

But actually, Tero did it before so all I did was cutting off the edges.

但实际上，泰罗之前做过了，所以我所做的只切掉边缘部分。

Lancelot battles with Meleagant finally and after cutting off Meleagant's arm, he beheads him.

兰斯洛特最终与梅里根特决斗，在砍掉梅里根特的手臂后斩首了他。