cut corners
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A2 初級
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)偷工減料
The company cut corners on safety to increase profits.
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跟著加拿大人 Bob 學英文系列：學習 8 個可在工作中使用的慣用語！ (Learn 8 English Idioms You Can Use At Work! ???)
06:59
- You shouldn't cut corners.
你不應該偷工減料。
- When you cut corners, it means you do something by spending less money or less time on it.
當你偷工減料時，就意味著你少花錢或少花時間在一些事情上。
選擇是我們的（2016）官方完整版 (The Choice is Ours (2016) Official Full Version)
37:21
- (Narrator) The slap on the wrist of industries that pollute, cut corners
所以就算業者汙染環境 便宜行事或違反政策
SpaceX為何故意炸燬獵鷹9號火箭？ (Why SpaceX Blew Up A Falcon 9 Rocket On Purpose)
03:14
- Some experts believe it was this pressure that pushed NASA and the projects contractor North American Aviation to cut corners at the expense of safety.
一些專家認為，正是這種壓力促使美國宇航局和項目承包商北美航空公司以犧牲安全為代價來偷工減料。
想吃麥當勞冰淇淋卻買不到嗎？原來是因為製冰機壞掉了？！ (The Real Reason McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Always Seem To Be Broken)
03:28
- Wendy's couldn't help but take the bait when a Redditor asked why McDonald's ice cream machines were always broken, writing "Same reason they serve round burgers, cause they cut corners."
當 Redditor 問及為什麼麥當勞的冰淇淋機一直壞掉時，Wendy's 不由自主地說，「原因就和他們提供圓形漢堡一樣，他們偷工減料。」
Why kids write letters backward
04:30
- So our brains cut corners to allow us to recognize these things quickly and commit them to memory without focusing on direction.
所以我們的大腦會偷工減料，讓我們快速認識這些東西，並將它們存入記憶中，而不注重方向。
白領罪犯的內心世界 | 凱莉-里士滿-波普 (Inside the mind of a white-collar criminal | Kelly Richmond Pope)
32:21
- And so when you are in an environment, especially an environment where there's rapid growth and expansion, and that's the focus, sometimes the powers that be, the C-level, the C-suite executives may be willing to cut corners.
是以，當你處於一個環境中，尤其是一個快速增長和擴張的環境中，而這正是重點所在，有時當權者、C 級、C-suite 高管可能會願意偷工減料。
億萬富翁雙胞胎：不要買房！用租的！【邦妮區塊鏈】Feat.@GrantCardone @garycardone @TheDavidLinReport (億萬富翁雙胞胎：不要買房！用租的！【邦妮區塊鏈】feat. @GrantCardone @garycardone @TheDavidLinReport)
54:51
- And this is what turns people into animals and constantly having to run hard or cut corners because the gravity of the universe around them, whether it's the cost of eggs, cost of milk, cost of gasoline, the cost of housing, which by the way, I think housing is the only thing that's important.
這就是把人變成動物的原因，因為周圍宇宙的引力，無論是雞蛋的成本、牛奶的成本、汽油的成本，還是住房的成本，人們總是不得不拼命奔跑或偷工減料，順便說一句，我認為住房是唯一重要的事情。
你註定要成為醫生的 7 個跡象 (7 Signs You're Destined to Become a Doctor)
11:01
- The sixth sign is that you don't cut corners.
第六個標誌是不偷工減料。
- The more you cut corners and don't actually learn the material, the less you'll understand as you progress in your training.
你越是偷工減料，不真正學習材料，你在培訓過程中理解的東西就越少。
10款讓粉絲群產生分歧的電子遊戲 (Top 10 Video Games That Divided Fan Bases)
13:33
- A linear map, missing features and cut corners make some fans want to stab these games.
線性地圖、功能缺失、偷工減料讓一些粉絲想捅破這些遊戲。