cut back减少;削减;缩减;修剪某植物;(尤指为了改善健康而)少吃，少喝，减少;倒叙

【例句】
The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next year.
政府宣布了明年国防开支缩减10%的计划。

Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought.
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。