English Dictionary

short circuit

verb

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in. / (transitive, by extension) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.

Be careful not to short circuit the wires when connecting them.

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in.

意味（2）

(transitive, by extension) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.

[H]is temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution.

意味（3）

(transitive, computing) To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met, or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for.

For example, to short-circuit the LoggedIn() or LogIn() if conditional, replace the Or with OrElse and the statement is interpreted to mean if not logged in, then log in.