2010年考研英語(yǔ)復(fù)習(xí)指導(dǎo)：常見(jiàn)詞組突破(五)

　　cut across

　　cut back

　　cut corners

　　cut down

　　cut in

　　cut off

　　cut out

　　cut short

　　cut across 走捷徑，抄近路

　　eg:We see Ferris cut across the front lawn and enter into a house.

　　我們看到費(fèi)麗斯抄近路穿過(guò)前面的草坪進(jìn)了一所房子。

　　cut back 消減，降低

　　eg:Father lost his job last week,and my pin money was also cut back.

　　爸爸上個(gè)禮拜失業(yè)了，我的零花錢(qián)也減少了。

　　cut corners 1)走捷徑 2)省錢(qián)(或人力，時(shí)間等)

　　eg:Go this way,then we can cut coners.

　　走這條路，我們就能抄近路了。

　　eg:If you wonder how to cut corners,there's an obvious place to look at-your spending habits.

　　如果你想知道如何省錢(qián)，有個(gè)明顯的地方時(shí)你需要考慮的--你的消費(fèi)方式。

　　cut down 消減，減少

　　eg:Strenuous efforts have been made to cut down government expenses to a desirable level.

　　為把政府開(kāi)支消減到令人滿意的水平，所付出的努力是艱巨的。

　　cut in 1)(汽車(chē))搶擋 2)插嘴，打斷

　　eg:The police car cut in ahead of the escaping robbers.

　　警車(chē)超前擋住了在逃的劫匪們。

　　eg:With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chariman.

　　在其他聽(tīng)眾面前，你千萬(wàn)不要嘗試插嘴開(kāi)玩笑，因?yàn)橥鈦?lái)者輕視他們的食堂或主席的話會(huì)引起他們的憎惡。

　　cut off 1)切斷，使隔絕 2)切下 3)打斷，停止

　　eg:The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off.

　　有關(guān)生活最簡(jiǎn)單方面的，幾乎是無(wú)意思的信息交流可能被切斷。

　　eg:Mother cut off a slice of bread and handed it to me.

　　母親切下一塊面包遞給了我。

　　eg:We were cut off twice during our conversation.

　　我們交流的期間被打斷了兩次。

　　cut out 刪除

　　eg:The teacher cuts out the improper words in his thesis.

　　老師刪除了他論文中不恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。

　　cut short 1)中斷 2)簡(jiǎn)化

　　eg:What happened?Why did you cut short your vacation and come back?

　　發(fā)生什么事了?為什么你突然中斷假期趕了回來(lái)?

　　eg:To give the students more time for group discussion,the teacher cut short his lecture.

　　為了讓學(xué)生有更多的時(shí)間進(jìn)行小組討論，教師簡(jiǎn)化了他的講課。