short-circuit
verb🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪt/
🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪt/
(also informal short)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they short-circuit | 🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪt/ 🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪt/ |
| he / she / it short-circuits | 🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪts/ 🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪts/ |
| past simple short-circuited | 🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪtɪd/ |
| past participle short-circuited | 🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form short-circuiting | 🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜːkɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɜːrkɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] short-circuit (something)
to have a short circuit; to make something have a short circuit （使）短路 - [transitive] short-circuit something
to succeed in doing something more quickly than usual, without going through all the usual processes （做事）抄近路，走捷径 The process of becoming a politician can be short-circuited if you are already a well-known public figure. 如果您已经是知名的公众人物，则成为一名政治家的过程可能会被缩短。