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。

柯林斯词典

• 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

双语例句

• They must have taken the short cut.
  他们肯定抄近路了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a short cut to use the free acid.
  可走捷径，那就是使用游离的酸。
• Never taken a short cut before?
  以前没走过捷径吗？
• Many Chinese companies see European deals as a short cut to a customer base, he adds.
  奥德斯补充说，很多中国公司将其欧洲交易视为连接客户群的捷径。
• Are you sure there is no short cut?
  你确定没有近路吗？
• This paper gives a short cut method to derive from molecular speed distribution function in the molecular ray.
  给出了导得分子射线中分子速率分布函数的一种简捷方法。
• 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。
• This short cut can assure you of arriving in time.
  抄近路可以保证你及时到达。