short-circuit

基本解釋

What do you do if you want to short-circuit the process and make a million bucks in a couple of years?
如果你想縮短這個過程，幾年就賺100萬，你該做什麼呢？
For any piece of software, the ability to short-circuit a user's learning curve is critical to the adoption and success of that piece of software.
無論對於哪一種軟件來說，縮短用戶學習曲線的能力對於該軟件的推廣及其能否取得成功都是至關重要的。
You probably would have written a few more test cases than I did, but imagine if that dubious conditional in Listing 7 had more than one short-circuit operation.
您也許會寫出更多的測試案例，但是請設想一下清單 7 中不確定的條件有不止一個的縮短操作會如何。

It must struggle against events which would help to achieve its goal too rapidly--by a kind of short-circuit.
它會在危險中掙紥,因爲危險會太早把它帶到終點。
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This could have a major impact on how disputes are handled and could help short-circuit some battles.
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Investors understand this on one level, but on another level their emotions can short-circuit their common sense.
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What if entrepreneurs short-circuit the quest for pure knowledge--that is, pull the technology out before the research is over?
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If an electrical device short-circuits or if someone or something short-circuits it, a wrong connection or damaged wire causes electricity to travel along the wrong route and damage the device.
Short-circuit is also a noun.
If someone or something short-circuits a process or system, they avoid long or difficult parts of it and use a quicker, more direct method to achieve their aim.