| 词组 | cut across |
| 释义 | cut across 1. cut across sth to go across an area of land instead of going round the edge of it, because it is the shortest way: ▪ It only takes ten minutes to get to the village if you cut across the field. ▪ The train takes the shortest route and cuts across the desert. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑cut through 2. cut across sth if a problem or subject cuts across different groups of people, it affects or concerns all of them, or they all have the same opinion about it in spite of their differences: ▪ The drug problem cuts across all social classes. ▪ There were a lot of redundancies, which cut across every level of the company. sth cuts across party lines (=people from different political parties have the same opinion) ▪ The abortion issue cuts across party lines in the US. 3. cut across sth BrE to be very different from another idea, method etc: ▪ This idea was common in Ancient Roman times, but it cuts across the Christian view. ▪ His methods cut across the established ways of doing things and were seen as revolutionary. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go against |
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