[suō duǎn]
shorten; curtail; cut down; cut; take-up; tuck; foreshortening （投影）； contraction; shortening; curtailing; shrinkage; shrinking
narrow the gap (between ... and ...)
缩短差距
shorten hours
缩短工作时间
cut down the number of pages
缩短篇幅
shorten the time
缩短时间
curtail one's holidays
缩短假期
reduce the distance; narrow the gap
缩短距离
move up the retirement age for women
缩短妇女退休年限
shorten the period of schooling
缩短学制
cut the report down to half its length
把报告缩短一半
cut short one's stay by two days
把停留时间缩短两天
curtailing capital construction; slash the capital construction; narrow the scope of capital construction
缩短基本建设
contract the front
缩短战线