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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Unfortunately, his career was cut short due to his illness.
不幸的是，他的事业由于疾病而中断了。 - 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。 - Just then the sound of loud talking and laughter at the door cut short her speech.
这时，门口一阵笑声和喧闹声打断了她的话。 - 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。 - She cut short her talk in order to get home.
为了要回家，她把谈话压缩了。