the chop

(Brit. informal)the dismissal of someone from employment

(英，非正式)解雇

hundreds more workers have been given the chop.

又有幾百名工人被解雇。

chop logic

argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble

學(xué)究般令人厭煩地爭(zhēng)辯；詭辯

not much chop

(informal, chiefly Austral./NZ)unsatisfactory

(非正式，主 澳／新西蘭)令人不滿的，不行的

that veranda's not much chop in bad weather.

天氣不好時(shí)，那陽(yáng)臺(tái)就不令人滿意了。