cut across something

phrasal verbphr v EFFECT/INFLUENCEif a problem or feeling cuts across different groups of people, they are all affected by it 〔问题或情绪〕影响到〔不同群体〕

Domestic violence seems to cut across most social divisions.

家庭暴力似乎存在于大部分的社会阶层。

Examples from the Corpus

cut across • Gaudi captures that peculiar living response which cuts across a square campus lawn and traces a graceful curving shortcut.• The movement for ballot initiatives has cut across party lines.• Former railroad rights of way cut across river bottoms that used to be littered with bustling towns.• Critics say the project will cut across the Bibi river, cutting off most of the water that feeds the lake.• There was little soft snow and the ponies had no difficulty whatsoever negotiating the few small crevasses that cut across the route.• The poll tax cut across this, with its concept of a universal obligation.• There's a network of country roads south that cut across to the coast.• They fled south along the edge of the plowed field, then cut across toward Highway 18.

→ cut across something at cut1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	cut across something
释义	cut across something cut across something phrasal verbphr v EFFECT/INFLUENCEif a problem or feeling cuts across different groups of people, they are all affected by it 〔问题或情绪〕影响到〔不同群体〕 Domestic violence seems to cut across most social divisions. 家庭暴力似乎存在于大部分的社会阶层。 Examples from the Corpus cut across • Gaudi captures that peculiar living response which cuts across a square campus lawn and traces a graceful curving shortcut.• The movement for ballot initiatives has cut across party lines.• Former railroad rights of way cut across river bottoms that used to be littered with bustling towns.• Critics say the project will cut across the Bibi river, cutting off most of the water that feeds the lake.• There was little soft snow and the ponies had no difficulty whatsoever negotiating the few small crevasses that cut across the route.• The poll tax cut across this, with its concept of a universal obligation.• There's a network of country roads south that cut across to the coast.• They fled south along the edge of the plowed field, then cut across toward Highway 18. → cut across something at cut1(PHRASAL VERB)
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