shortens
v.
弄短，缩短( shorten的第三人称单数 )；
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter
英英释义
shorten[ 'ʃɔ:tən ]
v.
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
同义词：abridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce
make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
become short or shorter
"In winter, the days shorten"
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
同义词：bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
shorten sails收帆减速
shorten a skirt将裙子改短
shorten the span缩短时间
～+介词
shorten by cold遇冷会缩短
shorten sth by an inch把某物缩短一英寸
shorten into缩短为
shorten to压缩到
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
我让他把我的裤子弄短点。
All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
你要做的只是将袖子弄短，而不是将整件衣服拆开。
The days are beginning to shorten.
白天开始变短了。
The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.
那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩，使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。
权威例句
Oxidative stress shortens telomeresMild hyperoxia shortens telomeres and inhibits proliferation of fibroblasts: a model for senescence?
NR2A subunit expression shortens NMDA receptor synaptic currents in developing neocortex
Prenatal Exposure to a Maternal Low Protein Diet Shortens Life Span in Rats
Intraoperative oesophageal Doppler guided fluid management shortens postoperative hospital stay after major bowel surgery.
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Intravenous Lidocaine Speeds the Return of Bowel Function, Decreases Postoperative Pain, and Shortens Hospital Stay in Patients Unde...
Mild therapeutic hypothermia shortens intensive ...
Deletion of phosphodiesterase 4D in mice shortens α2-adrenoceptorâmediated anesthesia, a behavioral correlate of emesis
1. Communication shortens the distance.
通讯缩短了距离。
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2. Look for a hat that shortens the appearance of your face.
找一顶能遮去你一部分脸的帽子。
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3. This shortens the lines of command for split-second decisions.
因为这样能够缩短命令链的长度，做出实时的决定。
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4. This shortens the tags that use names from the IXRetail namespace.
这样缩短了使用IXRetail名称空间中名称的标记。
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5. Shortens the duration of a stumble, giving you control back quicker.
缩短绊脚持续时间，让你更快恢复控制权。
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6. That means, each cigarette shortens the life of the smoker by around 8 minutes。
也就是说，每支香烟都会缩短你8分钟的生命。
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7. Then, the needle slowly shortens, shorten, shortening, until the re-hide the soil.
然后，这根针开始慢慢缩短，缩短，缩短，直到重新躲到了土壤里。
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8. Public space shortens the distance between people and city... we need public space.
公共空间缩短了人与城市的距离……我们需要公共空间。
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9. Obviously, it shortens the distance between people and makes our life more convenient.
显然，它缩短了人与人之间距离，使我们的生活更方便。
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10. Obviously, it shortens the distance between people and makes our life more convenient.
显然，它缩短了人与人之间的距离，使我们的生活更方便。
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11. Each time a cell divides, its telomeres shortens and the cell becomes more susceptible to dying.
每当一个细胞分解，它的端粒就会缩短，而细胞就变得更为易于死亡。
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12. Doing so shortens the design, coding, and testing cycle as well as simplifies maintenance issues.
这样做可以缩短设计、编码和测试周期，并简化维护问题。
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13. Providing access to enterprise applications in this way shortens the migration to a Linux desktop.
以这种方式提供对企业应用程序的访问可以缩短迁移到Linux桌面的过程。
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14. This gives them context, and it shortens the time necessary to switch from one task to another.
这赋予他们一定的背景，并缩短了从一项任务转向另一项任务所需要的时间。
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15. Slouching or rolling your shoulders forward shortens your chest muscles and reduces their flexibility.
肩膀低垂或是内旋会使胸肌缩短并且弹性降低。
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16. It links the cities of Jiaxing and Ningbo, and shortens the commute between the two cities by 75 miles.
它连通了嘉兴和宁波，将两城市之间的往来距离缩短了75英里。
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17. This also means that it consumes extra lace and therefore shortens the lace ends by a little more.
这也意味着，它消耗额外的花边，因此缩短了花边的两端多一点。
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18. Cigarettes cause yellow teeth, pale complexion, shortens the breath, in addition to promoting emphysema.
除了引起肺气肿，香烟还会导致黄牙，面色苍白，气短。
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19. Typing in Denver, CO shortens the list to applications that will help me out in my area, as shown in Figure 10
输入Denver,CO会帮您把清单缩短到那些能在该区域内帮助您的应用程序，如图 10 所示
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20. Anxiety wears you out and it shortens your life, but if you have no other answers, you are going to keep worrying.
焦虑会耗尽你的生命，缩短你的生命，但如果你没有别的办法了，你就只能继续忧虑下去。
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21. Design should recognize that burner flame length shortens and intensity of radiation increases as pressure increases.
设计时必须认识到当压力增加时火焰的长度缩短而辐射强度增加。
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22. That affects your thinking and actually shortens your patience, particularly when you get covert support from others.
这会影响到你的思考，减少你的耐心，尤其当你得到别人支持的掩护时。
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23. Having clothes on the floor shortens the life of your clothing and provides more chances for the clothes to be damaged.
衣服掉到地上会让你的衣物穿著寿命减少而且还增加了弄脏的机会。
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24. The compound, called ivermectin, shortens mosquitoes' life spans and makes them less likely to transmit the malaria parasite.
这种化合物称作伊佛霉素，可缩短蚊子的寿命并减少它们传播疟疾的可能。
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25. It has virtue of strong function, supernal efficiency and shortens development time of single - chip microcomputer system.
它具有功能强，效率高的优点，并且缩短了单片机系统开发所需时间。
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26. In the Implemented interfaces Selection window, enter lpexp in the Choose interfaces field, which shortens the list as you type.
在ImplementedinterfacesSelection窗口的Choose interfaces字段中输入lpexp，这样就缩短了您键入的列表。
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27. All that switching about shortens the attention span and lessens your ability to enjoy and be at peace with the task at hand.
在多个目标中切换只会减弱你的注意力，减少享受的乐趣，并干扰手头上的任务。
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28. The disease shortens lives and, if not managed, can cause severe complications such as amputations, strokes or kidney failure.
该疾病会缩短寿命，如果不加以控制，也可能导致严重的并发症，如截肢、中风或肾衰竭。
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29. The disease shortens lives and, if not managed, can cause severe complications such as amputations, strokes or kidney failure.
该疾病会缩短寿命，如果不加以控制，也可能导致严重的并发症，如截肢、中风或肾衰竭。
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