cut short

英 [kʌt ʃɔːt]

美 [kʌt ʃɔːrt]

缩短；打断；缩减

英英释义

verb

• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  1. My speech was cut short
  2. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
  Synonym:clipcurtail
• make shorter as if by cutting off
  1. truncate a word
  2. Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
  Synonym:truncate
• interrupt before its natural or planned end
  1. We had to cut short our vacation
  Synonym:break shortbreak off
• cause to end earlier than intended
  1. The spontaneous applause cut the singer short

双语例句

• You want it cut short?
  你想剪的短点儿吗？
• 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。
• Our holiday had to be cut short because the weather was so bad.
  由于天气十分恶劣，我们不得不缩短了假期。
• The mayor cut short his meeting when he knew these people's survival.
  市长知道了这些人生还消息后中断了他的会议。
• During a phone call with her husband she had heard a commotion, before the call was cut short.
  在和丈夫电话中，她听见了骚动随后电话就被挂断。
• "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。
• 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。
• If her marriage had not cut short her college education she would have become a teacher.
  要不是她因为结婚而中断了学业，本来她会成为一名教师的。
• I cut short his false friendliness and turned to Marcia.
  我打断了他的虚情假意，转身面向马西娅。
• We had to cut short our holiday because Richard was ill.
  因为理查德病了，我们不得不缩短假期。