shorten

US [ˈʃɔrt(ə)n]
UK [ˈʃɔː(r)t(ə)n]
  • v.缩短；减少；使松脆；收(帆)
  • Web缩短的；缩短的，变短的；使变短
Simple Present：shortens  Present Participle：shortening  Past Tense：shortened  

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v.
1.
弄短,缩短;减少;使松脆;收(帆),缩(帆);给(脱去长的婴孩服)改穿短衣
2.
变短,缩短,缩小

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Definition:
AllAll,缩短缩短,减少减少,使松脆使松脆,收收,缩短的缩短的,缩短的，变短的缩短的，变短的,使变短使变短
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Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Often the word is associated with the last day of October, which we in the US refer to as Halloween, a shortened form of All Hallows' Eve.
通常这个字被用在10月的最后一天，也就是美国人所过的万圣节，为「众圣之夜」之意。
tōng cháng zhè ge zì bèi yòng zài shí yuè de zuì hòu yī tiān , yě jiù shì měi guó rén suǒ guò de wàn shèng jiē , wèi 「 zhòng shèng zhī yè 」 zhī yì 。
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2.
As well, keep in mind that this week is a holiday shortened week in the U. S. and due to this, liquidity may suffer in the marketplace.
另外，也请记得，本周因美国假期而缩短，所以，市场流动性或许减弱。
lìng wài , yě qǐng jì de , běn zhōu yīn měi guó jià qī ér suō duǎn , suǒ yǐ , shì chǎng liú dòng xìng huò xǔ jiǎn ruò 。
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3.
The downhole hardware needed to make a log. The term is often shortened to simply "tool. "
指下井仪器，即测井过程中需要下放到井底的所有硬件设备，常简称为仪器。
zhǐ xià jǐng yí qì , jí cè jǐng guò chéng zhōng xū yào xià fàng dào jǐng dǐ de suǒ yǒu yìng jiàn shè bèi , cháng jiǎn chēng wèi yí qì 。
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4.
A strong name token is the shortened form of a public key used to save space when storing key information in metadata.
强名称标记是公钥的简写形式，在元数据中存储密钥信息时使用该标记可节省空间。
qiáng míng chēng biāo jì shì gōng yào de jiǎn xiě xíng shì , zài yuán shù jù zhōng cún chǔ mì yào xìn xī shí shǐ yòng gāi biāo jì kě jié shěng kōng jiān 。
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5.
The payment period would be correspondingly shortened as the result of the extension of life expectancy.
随着预期寿命的延长，缴费年限相应的缩短了。
suí zhe yù qī shòu mìng de yán cháng , jiǎo fèi nián xiàn xiāng yìng de suō duǎn le 。
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6.
A few hours later the swans had finally shortened their necks at least to the point where they could steadily hold them.
几小时后天鹅最后缩短他们的脖子至少对他们可能稳定地拿着他们的点。
jǐ xiǎo shí hòu tiān é zuì hòu suō duǎn tā men de bó zǐ zhì shǎo duì tā men kě néng wěn dìng de ná zhe tā men de diǎn 。
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7.
If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
若不减少那日子，凡有血气的，总没有一个得救的；只是为选民，那日子必减少了。
ruò bù jiǎn shǎo nà rì zǐ , fán yǒu xuè qì de , zǒng méi yǒu yī gè dé jiù de ; zhǐ shì wèi xuǎn mín , nà rì zǐ bì jiǎn shǎo le 。
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8.
In terms of time, the natural process taking hundreds of thousands of years or millions of years has been shortened to less than 2 hours.
从时间上看，把自然界数十万年、数百万年的过程缩短到2小时之内。
cóng shí jiān shàng kàn , bǎ zì rán jiè shù shí wàn nián 、 shù bǎi wàn nián de guò chéng suō duǎn dào èr xiǎo shí zhī nèi 。
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9.
The name "William" is often shortened to "Bill" .
“威廉”这个名字经常被缩略为“比尔”。
" wēi lián " zhè ge míng zì jīng cháng bèi suō lüè wéi " bǐ ěr " 。
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10.
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and shortened period of mental assimilation.
才干无它只是延长专心期和缩短心智的同化期。
cái gàn wú tā zhǐ shì yán cháng zhuān xīn qī hé suō duǎn xīn zhì de tóng huà qī 。
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