"cut corners" meaning in 英语

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cut corners.ogg Forms: cuts corners, cutting corners, cut corners
  1. 抄近路或违反交通规则来超过别人
    Sense id: zh-cut_corners-en-verb-78sxwQ05
  2. 偷工减料,图省事 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-cut_corners-en-verb-BxtV3PQX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (偷工减料): skimp, take short cuts, follow the path of least resistance, take the easy way out, half-ass
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元

Download JSONL data for cut corners meaning in 英语 (1.8kB)

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          "text": "The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.",
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        },
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          "text": "Do you know why Wendy's has square burgers? Because they don't cut corners.",
          "translation": "你知道为什么温蒂汉堡有方形汉堡吗?因为他们都是实打实的。"
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