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I . corner [ˈkɔːnə] N

1. corner:

拐角 guǎijiǎo

角落 jiǎoluò

2. corner:

困境 kùnjìng

难关 nánguān

drive [or force, put] sb into a corner

使某人陷入困境

3. corner:

偏远地方 piānyuǎn dìfang

4. corner:

垄断 lǒngduàn

establish [or make] a corner in wheat

II . corner [ˈkɔːnə] VB trans

1. corner:

把…逼入困境 bǎ…bīrù kùnjìng

2. corner:

垄断 lǒngduàn

III . corner [ˈkɔːnə] VB intr

1. corner (in):

垄断 lǒngduàn

2. corner:

(车辆等)转弯 zhuǎnwān

corner [ˈkɔːnə]

around [or round] the corner

即将来临 jíjiāng láilín

cut corners

走捷径 zǒu jiéjìng

turn the corner

渡过难关 dùguò nánguān

Usage examples with corners

cut corners

走捷径 zǒu jiéjìng

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was not uncommon for shipyards to cut corners and use sub-standard materials, and to pocket the difference in costs as extra profit. en.wikipedia.org

The first lecture theatre had an improvised white cloth as the projector screen - hung using strings from the four corners. en.wikipedia.org

In the new millennium the open corners of the stadium were closed and the last stand-only stand was replaced by a seat-only stand. en.wikipedia.org

You need special levels of skill to drift through corners with the copybook excellence of a rally driver. www.carpages.co.uk

The areas where the large sanders can not reach, such as edges, corners, and stairs, are sanded by an edger. en.wikipedia.org

Four-axle trucks have damping struts on two diagonally opposite corners. en.wikipedia.org

Typically, freezing starts at the corners of a cooling tower with a reduced or absent heat load. en.wikipedia.org

The drivers said the car was more nimble through the corners than its more exotic competitors. en.wikipedia.org

In plethodonts, the sensory epithelium of the vomeronasal organs extends to the nasolabial grooves, which stretch from the nostrils to the corners of the mouth. en.wikipedia.org

Nobody denies that DNA profiling is at the very cutting edge of science, but, when corners are cut, those colourful little twirls of genetic code suddenly don't look so pretty. www.telegraph.co.uk

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