目前，重组计划将使延迟缩短一半的时间。

The restructuring cut this delay by half.

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新运河将使两个城市间的距离缩短一半。

The new canal will reduce the distance between the two cities by half.

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削减员工数；削减预算；把做饭时间缩短一半。

Cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.

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It literally halves the amount of time it takes to solve that problem but we can actually do better.

它能把解决问题时间的缩短一半,但其实我们能做的更好。

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