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shortens

  • v.缩短,减少:使某物的长度、时间或距离变短。

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... shortenings = 弄短 shortens = 缩短 shorter = 更短 ...

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短语

Love shortens distance 爱缩短距离

Cheerful company shortens the miles 旅有好旅伴

Shortens The Development Cycle 缩短开发周期

Shortens ends 缩短结束

length shortens 长度缩短

while shortens 有效地缩短了

It Shortens The 它缩短上

Shortens Testing Cycle 缩短试周期

Shortens Hospital Stay 缩短住院时间

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shorten [ 'ʃɔ:tən ]

  • v.
    • make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

      "He shortened his trip due to illness"

    • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

      "The manuscript must be shortened"

      同义词: abridge foreshorten abbreviate cut contract reduce

    • make short or shorter

      "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

    • become short or shorter

      "In winter, the days shorten"

    • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

      同义词: bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

shorten /ˈʃɔːtən/ TEM4 ( shortening, shortened, shortens )

  • 1. 

    V-T/V-I If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. 缩短

    例:

    Smoking can shorten your life.

    吸烟会缩短你的寿命。

    例:

    The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labour Day holiday.

    交易日为了庆祝劳动节而缩短。

  • 2. 

    V-T/V-I If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. 使变短; 变短

    例:

    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。

  • 3. 

    V-T If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters. 缩写

    例:

    Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.

    她原本叫莉莉,最后她把名字缩写成了莉。

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  • Look for a hat that shortens the appearance of your face.

    遮去一部分脸帽子

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  • This shortens the lines of command for split-second decisions.

    因为这样能够缩短命令长度,做出实时的决定

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  • Each time a cell divides, its telomeres shortens and the cell becomes more susceptible to dying.

    每当一个细胞分解端粒就会缩短细胞就变得更为易于死亡

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  • And it shortens the amount of time patients must spend in the hospital.

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