(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。
argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble
學究般令人厭煩地爭辯；詭辯
(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，那陽臺就不令人滿意了。