Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

You can stop me any time and you should not feel somehow you are stopping the progress of the class.

你可以在任何时候打断我,而且你不必担心,你的问题就会打断课堂的进程

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Well,you can't tell by thinking about the normal case, because the B-functioning and the P-functioning stop at the same time.

这从通常的例子中是研究不出来的，因为生理功能和人格功能同时结束。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I want her to stop criticizing me and making too many demands on my time.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Cells can stop in their lifetime at some point in the cell cycle and persist for long periods of time.

细胞生命期可以停止在细胞周期的某个点,并保持很长时间

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"It is time to put a stop to this,sir.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

It's the time where we stop the class and you look inward.

这段时间会我们停止课程，进行内省。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He says the Council has devoted a disproportionate amount of time on Israel and that has to stop.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

If you eat food for a long time and then you stop, let's say a high sugar diet or something and withdrawal symptoms occur, well that might mean addiction is occurring.

如果你长期吃某种食物,一旦停止食用,例如高糖饮食之类,就会出现戒断反应,这也许说明你已经上瘾了

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

She told the gathering it is time to stop all the talk about gender parity, and to take steps to ensure it happens soon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

I was going to start showing you some examples, but I think, rather than doing that, I'm going to stop here, I'm going to give you two minutes back of time, but I want to just point out to you that we are going to have fun next week, because I'm going to show you what in the world that has to do with efficiency.

我想再给你们讲解一些例子，但是我想想还是算了吧，给你们两分钟休息时间,但是我想告诉你们,我们下周的课,会很有意思,我会告诉你们,到底是什么决定了效率。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"It is time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

It was the first time that Tehran has threatened to stop using the euro.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

And every time Mexican President Felipe Calderon calls for it to stop.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"It's time to do what's right for America's working families and put aside partisanship, stop saying things that aren't true, come together as a nation, pass health insurance reform now this year."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08