The quadriceps muscles down the front of the thighs shorten to straighten the knees.

股四头肌使大腿肌肉向下缩短，膝盖伸直。

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Her father paid $5,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.

她父亲为一个缩短她的鼻子的手术花了$5000。

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If the listener is not paying attention, it's your sign to shorten the story or change direction.

如果听者不专心，这表明你应该缩短故事或改变话题。

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"There is increased evidence that it helps shorten the duration of the common cold sometimes even by two to three days."

VOA: special.2011.04.20

Members of Congress from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are appealing to the administration to shorten the six-month moratorium.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

However, despite seeing the odds on him being selected for Capello's 2010 squad shorten to 5-4 with bookmakers, Owen remains odds-on not to make the plane to South Africa at 4-7.

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Napolitano and Mayorkas have promised to shorten the process to weeks rather than months.

FORBES: To Create Jobs, Streamline The Issuance Of Visas

Investors are going to have to shorten their focus to short-term and intermediate-term trading rather than long-term buy and hold if they want to make profits in this type of trader-controlled market.

FORBES: Don't Get Giddy: It's Still A Trader's Market