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• ① 修剪(树枝等)<away, back>
  • prune a tree修剪一棵树
  • prune away some branches剪掉一些树枝

• ② 删掉(多余部分);删改,删除;删简<away, down>
  • prune away superfluities删去多余的东西
  • He pruned my speech of what he thought was irrelevant.他把我的演讲稿中他认为不相关的部分删掉。