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
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- make shorter as if by cutting off
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
- interrupt before its natural or planned end
- We had to cut short our vacation
- cause to end earlier than intended
- The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
双语例句
- Because of lack of funds, we had to cut short our vacation.
由于缺乏基金，我们必须缩短休假。 - Sorry, the line was cut short just now.
对不起，刚才电话断了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - When he left he cut short the father's nervous thanks gruffly.
临走时，他很粗鲁地打断了那父亲的紧张的道谢的话。 - "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。 - For the first time in my adult life, I contemplated getting my hair cut short.
在我成年的生活的第一次，我深思熟虑地打算将头发剪短。