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

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。
Never taken a short cut before?
以前没走过捷径吗？
Fortunately there is a short cut.
幸好，有一条捷径。
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。
Let's take the short cut to the station.
咱们抄近路去车站吧。
Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
Let's take a short cut across the fields.
我们从田间走条近路。
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。
I know a short cut to town through the back streets.
我知道走小街去镇上的捷径。
There is no any short cut, but we have to keep working every day.
没有任何捷径，但我们必须继续每一天的工作。