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

Some of them have the idea that this is a short cut to a fast expatriate package.
他们当中的一些人认为，这是迅速找到外派工作的捷径。
This is the short cut to the park.
这是去公园的捷径。
Fortunately there is a short cut.
幸好，有一条捷径。
By my reckoning, this short cut will save us five mile.
据我估计，我们走这条近道可少走五英里。
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。
You can take a short cut across the field.
你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。
But the latest Harvard discovery promises a further short cut, at least for some treatments.
而哈佛大学的最新发现带来了更进一步的捷径，至少对一些治疗而言是这样。
Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
This short cut can assure you of arriving in time.
抄近路可以保证你及时到达。
I took a short cut across the field to get to school.
我穿过田野抄近路去上学。