shorten的中文翻譯是什麼意思

shorten

US/ˈʃɔːrtn/
UK/ˈʃɔːtn/

v. (使)變短,縮短

shorten柯林斯釋義

V-ERG(使)時間變短;縮短(…的時間)

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...

    吸菸會縮短你的壽命。

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

    因慶祝勞工節,這個交易日交易時間縮短了。

V-ERG縮短…的長度;(物體)變短

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...

    她父親花了 1,000 英鎊給她做了削鼻手術。

  • As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.

    細胞變小後就會更容易感染疾病,也更容易死亡。

VERB縮寫,縮短(名字等)

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),最後她把名字略作 Lee (李)。

shorten英文釋義

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

shorten同義詞辨析

shorten, abbreviate, abridge, cut

這些動詞均含有"縮短"之意。

  • shorten : 通常指縮短時間、尺寸或過程。
  • abbreviate : 指省去應有的或後續的部分,從而使整體縮短。也可指縮短時間。
  • abridge : 多指對書籍的刪節或縮短,刪去不重要部分而儲存其精華。
  • cut : 普通用詞,指任何縮短而縮減的過程。

shorten場景例句

With the market competition increasingly pricking up, enterprise have to shorten the product develop period.

市場競爭的日益加劇促使企業必須縮短開發週期,提供滿足客戶需求的產品.

In ascension, you shorten the delay in time.

在提升中, 你縮短了時間中的延遲.

Based on reasonable construction plan, shorten construction time 131 days.

透過合理最佳化施工方案, 縮短建井總工期131天.

Said scheme can raise the survival rate, shorten the growing period and reduce cost.

該方案可提高雞的成活率, 縮短生長期,降低成本.

Greatly simplified in the original complex process, also shorten the operation time, improve efficiency.

在大大的簡化了原本複雜的操作過程的同時, 也縮短了操作時間, 提高了效率.

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shorten詞性變形

shortensshortenedshortening

shorten反義詞

vt. & vi. 弄短;減小;收帆

lengthenexpandextend

其他釋義

lengthenprolongprotract