减税常被用作刺激经济的主要财政手段。

Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 减税 jiǎnshuì to reduce the tax rate
=2 常 Cháng surname Chang
=2 常 cháng
  1. always
  2. ever
  3. often
  4. frequently
  5. common
  6. general
  7. constant
=3 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=3 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=3 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=3 被 pì alternative form of 帔
4 用作 yòngzuò
  1. to use for the purpose of
  2. to serve as
5 刺激 cìjī
  1. to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite
  2. irritant
6 经济 jīngjì
  1. economy
  2. economic
=7 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 主要 zhǔyào main; principal; major; primary
9 财政 cáizhèng public finance; government finance
10 手段 shǒuduàn
  1. method; way; means (of doing sth)
  2. skill; ability
  3. trick; wile