1.used for saying that you will tell the end or the main point of a story without giving all the details
1.To cut a long story short, he came up with twenty thousand francs ? but he's got what he wanted.
一句话，他给了两万法郎；但他也终于达到目的了。
2.One thing led to another, and to cut a long story short, the girl wound up bound, gagged and dead.
事情接踵而至——长话短说：那女孩被捆绑并塞住了嘴、最后窒息而亡了。
3.To cut a long story short, I carved my way through the pandemonium ?
长话短说，我穿过混乱的战场来这。
4.To cut a long story short , every fuse in the place had blown .
简而言之，房间里的每根保险丝都断了。
5.So to cut a long story short, we've explored this alternative.
所以总而言之，我们探索了这一种可能性。
6.To cut a long story short, he beat them one by one.
长话短说，他把他们一个个地打败了。
7.Anna: Well, anyway, to cut a long story short.
安娜：嗯，不管怎样，长话短说。
8.And to cut a long story short, eight months later we did fill the Chicago Cultural Center's 3, 000 square foot gallery.
长话短说，八个月之后，我们真的把芝加哥文化中心3000平方英尺的展厅填满了。
9.To cut a long story short , we said, ' No!
长话短说吧，我们没有同意。
10.To cut a long story short , it is important to master English .
简而言之，精通英语是很重要的。