It might shrink otherwise.

要不然这件衣服会缩水。

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Don't put that thing in the washing machine. It might shrink.

不要把那东西放在洗衣机里洗，它可能会缩水的。

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I'd like this sweater to be washed by hand in cold water, it might shrink otherwise.

我想这件毛衣要放在冷水中用手洗，否则它会缩水的。

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If the market weakens further, however, it might also shrink its supplier group.

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In Baluchistan, the country's poorest province, a local political party called a strike to protest against the census because it feared a shrinking federal grant might shrink further if the count found the province had fewer people than previously thought.

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But its total head count might not shrink, because it is hiring in other areas, like technology.

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