He said such campaigners would rather see an entire forest burned down than cut down a single tree or clear out dead brushwood.

他表示这些活动分子宁可让整个森林烧毁意砍一棵树或是清理死去的灌木。

Trying to cut the newly erected fence could mean five years.

试图砍新竖起的栅栏可能意味着5年监狱生活。

They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes.

他们掀了木桩和栅栏。他们挥舞斧头砍了栅栏。

I hope they didn't cut down specifically for me.

我希望他们是专门为了我砍这棵树的。

Over many years, logging companies have stripped the land by cutting down a large number of trees.

多年以来，伐木公司砍了大批树木，把土地变得光秃秃的。

I have already cut down trees and built a house.

我已经砍了树木，搭建了一座木屋。

That's why Roy mentioned his tree being sustainable-which means they can continue to be grown and cut down over a longer period so it's less harmful to the environment.

这就是罗伊提到它的树是可持续的原因——可持续的意思是它们能够继续被种植并且在更久以后会被砍，这样对环境的伤害会小一些。

The doctor had cut down a third.

大夫砍了第三个海盗。

Supporters of the tree argued with the officials who wanted to cut it down.

这棵树的支持者与想要砍它的官员争论了起来。

It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth that no one could climb it; but the Woodman said at once, " I'll chop it down, and then we can get the Scarecrow's clothes."

那是一棵非常高大的树，树干却很光滑，因此人们都法上去；但是铁皮人立即说：“我立刻把树砍，我们就能拿到稻草人的衣裳了。”

A ten ton tree, once it was cut down, only yielded 300 grams of latex.

一棵十吨重的树，一旦被砍，只能产出 300 克乳胶。

Some workers cut him down and took him to a factory.

一些工人把他砍并运到了工厂。

Wilson mentions seeing a tree cut down in order to obtain an eagle's nest.

威尔逊提到，曾经看到有人为了得到白头鹰的巢，而把一棵树砍。

The cut trees had been piled up in one part of the clearing.

砍的树木堆积在空地上。

Running over someone in your car on accident, while horrific, is something different than taking aim and mowing someone down because you have it out for them.

开车碾到某人，虽然很可怕，但这与瞄准并砍某人是同的，因为后者的行为是故意。

Promise not to cut down this tree, she begged, and I'll give you three wishes.

“答应我要砍这棵树，我就给你三个望。”

It takes a long time to plant a rice field, but with sago we only have to cut it down and can eat it the same day.

种一片稻田要花很长时间，但是种西米的话，我们只需要把它砍，当天就能吃掉。

Now this is from a quote that's attributed to Abraham Lincoln, where he famously said that if you gave me six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four sharpening the axe.

这是亚伯拉罕·林肯的一句名言，他说如果你给我六个小时去砍一棵树，我会用前四个小时磨斧头。

But that's not the end of man kinds, nearly limitless desire for more resources, all over the world in the next 24 hours, somewhere between 9 and 10 Million trees will be cut down, and most will eventually be harvested.

但那并能满足人类对更多资源的限渴望，在接下来的 24 小时，世界各地将有 900 万到 1000 万棵树被砍，其中大多数最终会被采伐。

He reluctantly felled it and, for comparison, collected a tree of similar age that was growing 400 metres from the eruption site, and another that was 16km away.

罗德里格斯•马丁博士忍痛将它放，并分别从离喷发点400米及16千米处砍两棵与其树龄相同的松树进行比较。