cut across
phrasal verbcut across something 
- to affect or be true for different groups that usually remain separate影响,符合,适用于(分离的不同群体) - Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.人们对这个问题的看法超越了传统的政治界限。 
 
- Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.
- to go across something in order to make your route shorter抄近路穿过;走近路 - I usually cut across the park on my way home.我回家常抄近路,打公园里头走。 
 
- I usually cut across the park on my way home.