pruned

These straggly stems should be pruned off.

这些蔓生枝条该剪了。

Eliot deliberately pruned away details.

艾略特有意删去了细节。

The workers have pruned all the dead branches.

工人们已经剪去了所有的枯枝。

The roses had been pruned back savagely.

玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。

staff were pruned, ostensibly to produce a leaner and fitter organization.

裁员表面上是让司更有效率，更健康。

The trees were pruned with a chainsaw and the Court considered that the pruning was excessive, damaging and not in accordance with accepted arboriculture practice.

“行刑”用的是电锯。法庭认为此举是过度行为且具毁伤，而且与普遍接受的树艺常规不符。