| 词汇 | cut short |
| 释义 | cut shortcut short 1 INTERRUPTto stop doing something earlier than you planned 提早结束某事，中断某事 The band has cut short its US concert tour. 乐队提前结束了在美国的巡回演出。 Her athletic career was cut short by a leg injury. 她的体育生涯因为腿伤而中断了。 Examples from the Corpus cut something short• His death at the age of 38 cut short a brilliant career.• The ten-day mission was cut short when one of the shuttle's navigation devices failed. → cut something short at cut1(7) 2 INTERRUPTto stop someone from finishing what they wanted to say 打断某人的话，插嘴 I tried to explain, but he cut me short. 我想解释，他却打断了我。 Examples from the Corpus cut somebody short• I tried to explain but she cut me short.• I was halfway through my explanation when Walter cut me short. → cut somebody short at cut1(8) 3 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGif something is cut short, it is stopped before you expect or before it is finished 突然中断 His career was tragically cut short when, at the age of 42, he died of a heart attack. 他 42 岁时因心脏病发作早逝，事业不幸中断。 Examples from the Corpus be cut short• Then their wedding night in a luxury hotel was cut short at 6am - because of a fire alert.• Further discussion is cut short by a bump that interposes a few bodies between us.• Freire's experiment was cut short by a military coup, so it is difficult to judge the results.• And his restless nature rendered him an artist whose greatness frequently was cut short by his lack of focus.• It printed prose and verse in broadside and chapbook form till its activities were cut short by the War.• He was missing two front teeth, and his hair was cut short in a burr.• Hugh McPherson, alleges his Army career was cut short in retaliation for his thorough pursuit of the events. → be cut short at short3(5) |
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