中文翻译与英英解释

HEW ＝ (Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare 〔美国〕卫生教育和福利部。
vt.
(hewed; hewn , hewed)
1.(用斧等)砍，劈，剁，伐。
2.砍倒 (down)。
3.砍成，切成；剁；砍开，开辟。 hew out a tomb in the rock 凿岩成墓。
vi.
1.砍，劈，剁，伐。
2.坚持，遵守，恪守 (to)。
短语和例子
hew asunder ＝ hew to pieces. hewaway 砍去，斩去。 hewone's way 开路，辟路；排难前进。 hew to pieces 剁碎。

strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"

make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
同义词：hew out,

例句与用法

They hewed a path through the jungle .
他们在丛林中开辟出一条路。

He knew better than to attempt to hew rocks with razor .
他知道刀片不能劈石头。

He has hewed out his path in life during these past few years .
他这几年闯出来了。

The narrow passages are roughly hewn in the rock .
狭窄的走道是在岩石上草草凿出来的。

The peasant labourers really [actually ; literally] hewed a tunnel through that rocky mountain ...
民工们硬是打通了这座大山，修成了隧道。

She told herself that it was foolish and sinful to look backward when her safety lay before her, like a hiding-place hewn in the side of the mountain .
她告诫自己，现在，她的安全地如同在山坡上开辟出的一个避难所，就展现在眼前，再回首往事是愚蠢和有罪的。

There are times, your honor, when reality bears features of such an impellingly moral complexion that it is impossible to follow the hewn path of expediency .
法官阁下，有时候，现实的面貌具有那么咄咄逼人的道德色彩，使我们无法遵循已开辟出来的方便之路前进。

Hew out of mountain of despair a stone of hope
从悲观之山上砍下来一块希望之石。

Hew out of mountain of despair a stone of hope
从绝望之山上砍下来一块希望之石。

They hewed their way through the dense jungle
他们在浓密的丛林里开辟出一条路来。