shorten
v. (使)变短,缩短
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.
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。
If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
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。
If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
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)。
1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration;
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
3. make short or shorter;
4. become short or shorter;
5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
shorten, abbreviate, abridge, cut
这些动词均含有"缩短"之意。
With the market competition increasingly pricking up, enterprise have to shorten the product develop period.
市场竞争的日益加剧促使企业必须缩短开发周期,提供满足客户需求的产品.
In ascension, you shorten the delay in time.
在提升中, 你缩短了时间中的延迟.
Based on reasonable construction plan, shorten construction time 131 days.
通过合理优化施工方案, 缩短建井总工期131天.
Said scheme can raise the survival rate, shorten the growing period and reduce cost.
该方案可提高鸡的成活率, 缩短生长期,降低成本.
Greatly simplified in the original complex process, also shorten the operation time, improve efficiency.
在大大的简化了原本复杂的操作过程的同时, 也缩短了操作时间, 提高了效率.