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单词 cut across
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cut across

phrasal verb
If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
The problem cuts across all socioeconomic lines and affects all age groups. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
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cut across in British English

verb (preposition)
1. (intransitive)
to be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
opinion on European integration still cuts clean across party lines
2. 
to cross or traverse, making a shorter route
she cut across the field quickly

cut across in American English

to take a shorter course by going straight across as in a diagonal direction
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Examples of 'cut across' in a sentence
cut across

Sometimes they actually crossed the river and my route cut across mountains of ice.
Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante (1990)
He left his car up the road and cut across the fields on foot.
The Sun (2012)

Chinese translation of 'cut across'

cut across

vt fus

  1. [issue, problem] [groups, generations] 影响(響)到 (yǐngxiǎng dào)
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Nearby words of
cut across

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  • cut across
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut down on

All related terms of 'cut across'

to cut across or through a place
穿过(過)某处(處)抄近路 chuānguò mǒuchù chāo jìnlù
cut up
( paper, food ) 切碎 qiēsuì
cut out
( coupon, newspaper article ) 剪下 jiǎnxià
cut off
( part of sth ) 切掉 qiēdiào
cut in
( interrupt )
cut down on
( alcohol, coffee, cigarettes ) 减(減)少 jiǎnshǎo
cut down
( tree ) 砍倒 kǎndǎo
cut back
( plants, foliage ) 修剪 xiūjiǎn
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