short cut

英 [ʃɔːt kʌt]

美 [ʃɔːrt kʌt]

n. 近路; 捷径; (做某事的)快捷办法

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牛津词典

noun

近路；捷径
a quicker or shorter way of getting to a place
1. You can take a short cut across the field.
  你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。
（做某事的）快捷办法，捷径
a way of doing sth that is quicker than the usual way
1. There are no short cuts to economic recovery.
  恢复经济无捷径可走。

N-COUNT 近路;捷径
Ashort cutis a quicker way of getting somewhere than the usual route.
1. I tried to take a short cut and got lost.
  我本来想抄近路，结果却迷路了。
N-COUNT (做某事的)快捷办法，捷径
Ashort cutis a method of achieving something more quickly or more easily than if you use the usual methods.
1. Fame can be a shortcut to love and money...
  有了名气就容易收获爱情和金钱。
2. There is no short cut from dictatorship to democracy.
  从独裁到民主没有捷径可走。
N-COUNT (显示在计算机桌面上的)快捷方式(图标)
On a computer, ashortcutis an icon on the desktop that allows you to go immediately to a program, document and so on.
1. ...ways to move or copy icons or create shortcuts in Windows.
  在视窗操作系统中移动、复制图标或创建快捷方式的方法
N-COUNT 快捷键
On a computer, ashortcutis a keystroke or a combination of keystrokes that allows you to give commands without using the mouse.
1. ...a handy keyboard shortcut that takes you to the top of the screen.
  可以实现回到屏幕顶端操作的很方便的键盘快捷键

I know a short cut to town through the back streets.
我知道走小街去镇上的捷径。
This short cut can assure you of arriving in time.
抄近路可以保证你及时到达。
Instead of going round by the road, we came by a short cut.
我们没有走大路，而是抄了一条近道儿来。
Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.
在这里，我们有一条捷径，我们不需要发明抗生菌。
This is the short cut to the park.
这是去公园的捷径。
Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.
有人把婚姻视为达到这一目的的捷径，然而，众所周知，它是行不通的。
Fortunately there is a short cut.
幸好，有一条捷径。
I can't take a short cut to finish this project.
我不能走快捷方式去完成目标。
My lovers and I had used the act as a short cut to intimacy.
我的那些情人们和我把做爱当成了一种获得亲密的“快捷方式”。