cut across 1. 抄近路穿过，对直通过 He cut across the fields so as not to be late. 为了不迟到，他抄近路穿过田野。 2. 超越；不顾，不理会；无视 an issue that cuts across party lines 超越党派界线的有争议问题 3. 与…相抵触 His speech cut across what he'd said before. 他的讲话与他以前所说的相抵触。 4. 遮断，打断 The new building cuts across our view. 新大楼挡住了我们的视线。 5. 把…包括在作用所及范围内，影响到 a development that cuts across all strata of society 影响遍及所有社会阶层的一项事态发展