short cut

英 [ʃɔːt kʌt]

美 [ʃɔːrt kʌt]

n.  近路; 捷径; (做某事的)快捷办法

Collins.1

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。

柯林斯词典

• 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

双语例句

• Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.
  在这里，我们有一条捷径，我们不需要发明抗生菌。
• I can't take a short cut to finish this project.
  我不能走快捷方式去完成目标。
• Let's take a short cut across the fields.
  我们从田间走条近路。
• 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。
• Never taken a short cut before?
  以前没走过捷径吗？
• Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
  抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
• By my reckoning, this short cut will save us five mile.
  据我估计，我们走这条近道可少走五英里。
• They must have taken the short cut.
  他们肯定抄近路了。
• Are you sure there is no short cut?
  你确定没有近路吗？
• Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.
  有人把婚姻视为达到这一目的的捷径，然而，众所周知，它是行不通的。