cut short
- 缩短;打断;缩减
verb
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- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- Synonym: clip curtail
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- make shorter as if by cutting off
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
- Synonym: truncate
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- interrupt before its natural or planned end
- We had to cut short our vacation
- Synonym: break short break off
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- cause to end earlier than intended
- The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
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His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer .
他的事业随着他死于癌症而中断。
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Her hair was cut short at the nape of her neck .
她脖子后面的头发剪得很短。
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She had dark red hair , cut short .
她有一头深红色的短发。
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His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack
他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。
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My bangs were cut short , but the rest of my hair was long .
我剪短了刘海,但其他地方的头发还是很长。
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Jackson cut short his trip to Africa
杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。
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Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed .
她淡红色的头发剪得短短的,梳得很整齐。
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I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me .
我知道这种可怕的病毒会让我的生命提前结束,但丹尼尔会在我死后继续活下去。
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" look !" he said suddenly as if he 'd decided to cut short the cat and mouse game .
“瞧!”他突然说到,似乎他已决定结束这场欲擒故纵的把戏。
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Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting sick , and completed the book at home in Amsterdam .
或许有一点能解释她的错误,她生病后缩短了苏里南之行,并在阿姆斯特丹的家中完成了这本书。
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On the other hand , the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process .
另一方面,电视或电话可能会缩短思维过程。
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He was told to speak briefly ; accordingly he cut short his remarks .
人家叫他说话简短,于是他就长话短说了。
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Impatiently he cut short what I was telling him .
他不耐烦地打断了我的话。
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She cut short her talk in order to get home .
为了要回家,她把谈话压缩了。
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Sometimes , poor people even get cut short .
有时穷人甚至缺钱花。
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a life cut short in its creative prime by cancer .
因为癌症,一个生命短暂消失在了他最具有创造力的年纪.
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I would like a change , maybe have my hair cut short .
我想作一番改变,或许把头发剪短。
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Brief and to the point ; effectively cut short .
简要、中肯;有力、简洁。
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What are they gonna do ? Cut short my young life ?
我都怎么大把年纪了他们又能把我怎么样?
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And we had to cut short our time in the city for financial reasons .
出于经济原因,我们不得不缩短了在上海的行程。
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He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis .
为了处理这些危机他缩短了他的休假。
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The war had cut short his education .
战争迫使他中止了学业。
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Sorry , the line was cut short just now .
对不起,刚才电话断了。
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He cut short his work , put down the cylinder in his hand .
他突然停止了工作,放下了手里的圆筒。
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He cut short a South American trip to fly there .
此前他缩短了南美之行,提前回国飞赴灾区。
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I think it is too often cut short in case students get bored .
我认为,这个阶段,往往一遇到学生感到厌倦就予于缩短,实在不该。
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With his ears cut short and his tail cut long .
它的耳朵剪得短短的,尾巴修得长长的。
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This workpiece doesn 't need to be cut short .
这个工件不需要切短。
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Last month the Centre Bank cut short term interest rate by half a point .
上个月美国中央银行就降低了短期投资利率大概0.5%。
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I may have to cut short my visit if Peter rings .
要是彼得打电话来,或许我不得不缩短访问时间。