Phrase
cut corners
verb
为获得竞争优势而绕过规定路线,或规避交通信号等道路规则。
- 1.
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
为获得竞争优势而绕过规定路线,或规避交通信号等道路规则。
- 2.
To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.
做事不彻底或不完整;敷衍了事;走不正当的捷径。
做事不彻底或不完整;敷衍了事;走不正当的捷径。;抄近路
Connections
Word family
- cuts corners
- third person singular
- cutting corners
- present participle
Learner notes
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