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他们抄近路穿过田野。 They cut across the fields. | ||
我是穿过弄堂抄近路来的。 I came by cutting through the lane. | ||
我回家常抄近路，打公园里头走。 I usually cut across the park on my way home. | ||
因为急着想回家，我就抄近路走小巷子。 Eager to get home, I took a shortcut through an alley. | ||
因为石油的高价格，所以他们就抄近路。 Because of the high price of oil, they are cutting corners. | ||
我通常抄近路穿过公园去上学，这样能省时间。 I usually cut through the park to get to school, which helps me save time. | ||
回家的路最远也最近。抄近路反而绕远路。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home. | ||
在我们到达车站之前，汤姆抄近路赶到了我们的前头。 Tom nicked in ahead of us before we arrived at the station. | ||
园子无人看管，上下班时间有些抄近路的人们从园中穿过，园子里活跃一阵，过后便沉寂下来。 When it was time to go to work or time to go home, people took shortcuts through the park, and it became animated for a while. Afterwards, it was still. | ||
率性地放弃了绕行二十多里地走大车道的那条路线，改而径直抄近路插向大队。 Curved around the mountain, adding twenty li to the trip – to take a shortcut that led straight to camp. | ||
