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shorten

/shawr-tn/US // ˈʃɔr tn //UK // (ˈʃɔːtən) //

缩短,简化,缩减,弄短

Related Words

trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的cut back缩减,削减,裁减,缩减开支cut切,切割,削减,割abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减minimize减少lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧chop劈劈啪啪,切切,斩,劈clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画edit编辑,编辑部,编辑本段,编者abridge桥,桥牌,桥接,桥段elide阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐扬excerpt摘录,节选,节录,摘编condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make short or shorter.
    • : to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail.
    • : to make short, as with butter or other fat.
    • : Sports. choke.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become short or shorter.
    • : to decrease.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdiminish, decrease
Forms: shortened, shortening, shortens
Synonyms
abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut切,切割,削减,割cut back缩减,削减,裁减,缩减开支cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低minimize减少reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的abridge桥,桥牌,桥接,桥段bob鲍勃,鲍伯,波布,鲍勃先生chop劈劈啪啪,切切,斩,劈clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书dock码头,船坞,码头上的,码头上edit编辑,编辑部,编辑本段,编者elide阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐扬excerpt摘录,节选,节录,摘编lop贷款,圈圈retrench缩减,缩紧,缩减开支,缩水snip剪切,剪辑,剪贴,剪下blue pencil蓝铅笔,蓝色铅笔,蓝色笔筒,蓝笔boil down熬炼,熬制,沸腾,煮熟cut to the bone刻骨铭心,斩钉截铁,斩钉截铁的说make a long story short长话短说,说来话长,长话短说吧put in a nutshell简而言之,归纳起来就是,归纳起来,概括地说

Examples

  • The second shortened the amount of time laid-off employees have to decide whether they want to come back.

  • Advertisers followed through on their plans to negotiate options to cancel a higher amount of their committed ad dollars and to shorten the deadlines for when cancelation requests need to be submitted before a quarter begins.

  • The tools Cleveland uses are meant in part to shorten the throwing motion.

  • Response times shortened vastly as Mayo Clinic and these partners focused on an immediate shared goal.

  • The 20th amendment was ratified to shorten the period between the presidential election in November and the inauguration, which had been in March.

  • “In some cases, it has taken 15 days to report the deaths and circumstances, which I would like to shorten to 48 hours,” she said.

  • We have to shorten the distance between inevitable and inconceivable.

  • Just like nobody is going to tell David O. Russell to shorten American Hustle (138 minutes).

  • A new study says living in the South will shorten your life.

  • We have to overturn Citizens United and shorten the campaign season.

  • The law still branded as conspiracy any united attempt of workingmen to raise wages or to shorten the hours of work.

  • If your neighbor seems disposed to shorten the time by conversing, do not be too hasty in checking him.

  • In spite, however, of the strong wind, neither the smugglers nor those on board the cruiser appeared inclined to shorten sail.

  • On the 15th of May Mr. Tennyson submitted a motion for leave to introduce a bill to shorten the duration of parliaments.

  • The committee decided to run up signal to shorten course and conclude at the first round.

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