The film compresses several years into half an hour.

这部电影将几年的事压缩于半小时内。

youdao

May I suggest that we shorten the noon break into half an hour?

我能建议我们把午休时间缩短到半个小时吗？

youdao

He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.

他有许多要说明的，但又没时间开长会，所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。

youdao

Instead of a one-hour movie taking literally an entire weekend to transcode and record onto your DVD, we can take that hour movie and transcode it into the DVD in maybe half an hour.

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Walder kicked Wasps into the lead with half an hour to play but they could not pull clear and Crichton made them pay.

BBC: Wasps 10-11 Worcester

Presumably, he then breathed heavily into a paper bag for half an hour while listening to Enya.

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