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shorten

英[ˈʃɔ:tn] 美[ˈʃɔrtn]

vt.& vi. 缩短，变短；

第三人称单数：shortens;

过去式：shortened;

过去分词：shortened;

现在分词：shortening;

相关单词 foreshorten shortened shortening shortenings shortens

例句

The days shorten in winter. 冬季日短。
Treeing would reduce the breakdown field of insulation, shorten the lifetime of cables. 电树枝化的发生,降低了绝缘击穿场强, 缩短了电缆的使用寿命.
Ionized zinc lozenges, however, may shorten the duration of symptoms. 而锌粒子止咳糖能缩短病程.
Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car. 小事故会缩短汽车寿命.
Injury problems could shorten his career. 受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression. 冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
Logarithms were invented to shorten the work of extended numerical computation. 人们发明对数来缩短运算冗长的数值计算工作.
Sample on style 62658 - Fusible is OK now, shorten the pocket bag 1? 现在, 在风格62658上的样品-熔解的是好的,弄短口袋袋子1?
As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death. 细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose... 她父亲花了 1,000 英镑给她做了削鼻手术。

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同义词

v.
shorten的同义词之：减少,节省,裁减,修剪,缝边
limit, retrench, trim, lessen, down, cut, shrink, contract, dock, clip, short, decrease, reduce, diminish, prune, pollard, slash, lop, curtail, shear,
shorten的同义词之：省略,缩短,压缩,摘要
shrink, compress, edit, abridge, synopsize, summarize, condense, abbreviate, brief, boil, digest, narrow, down, breviate,
shorten的同义词之：其他释义
simplify, telescope,

反义词

vt. & vi.
shorten的反义词之：弄短;减小;收帆
lengthen, expand, extend,
shorten的反义词之：其他释义
lengthen, prolong, protract,

同义词解析

以下这些动词均含有"缩短" 的意思
shorten：通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。
abbreviate：指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。
abridge：多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。
cut：普通用词，指任何缩短而缩减的过程。

英语六级真题

The workers' pay was raised and their working hours were shortened.

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V-ERG

(使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)

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.
例句
Smoking can shorten your life... 吸烟会缩短你的寿命。 The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday... 因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
V-ERG

缩短…的长度;(物体)变短

If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
例句
Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose... 她父亲花了 1,000 英镑给她做了削鼻手术。 As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death. 细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
VERB

缩写,缩短(名字等)

If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
例句
Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee. 她原先叫 Lili (莉莉)，最后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。

英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.
弄短, 缩短
The days shorten in winter. 冬季日短。 She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。

英英词典释义

Verb
1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration;
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
"The manuscript must be shortened"
3. make short or shorter;
"shorten the skirt""shorten the rope by a few inches"
4. become short or shorter;
"In winter, the days shorten"
5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel"