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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - My trip was cut short, because of rain.
我的旅行因雨而中断。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Sorry, the line was cut short just now.
对不起,刚才电话断了。 - She cut short her talk in order to get home.
为了要回家,她把谈话压缩了。 - 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。