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v.
(動詞)
- vt. & vi. (使)變短 to become shorter
v.
動詞
- 縮短
- 使松脆
- 變短
- 變小
- 弄短
- 縮小
- 減少
- 收（帆）
- 縮（帆）
- 給（脫去長的嬰孩服）改穿短衣
- 收縮
- 短接
- 使變短
- 使不足
- 在…上加起酥油
- 使更少
Verb:
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make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration;
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
"The manuscript must be shortened"
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make short or shorter;
"shorten the skirt"
"shorten the rope by a few inches"
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become short or shorter;
"In winter, the days shorten"
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel"
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用作動詞 (v.)
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Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
我讓寶寶就將我的衣物弄短點。
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All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
我們要做的只有將領口弄短，而不能將整件羽絨服衣服折開。
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The days are beginning to shorten.
每天開始減短了。
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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.
有些從橋參過壓緊鋼箱梁的該車輛會使得瀝青道路上半部位的收縮視頻，使其想被收縮視頻的壓縮彈簧不一樣縮短。
用作動詞 (v.)
看做不抵物詞組
S+～(+A)
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The days shorten in winter.
冬季晝短。
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The days are rapidly shortening.
晝夜將要更快減短。
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The coat shortened after washing.
那件長褲機洗后太短了。
用來及物形容詞
S+～+ n./pron.
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Can you shorten this dress for me?
可以為你把每條連長裙改短嗎?
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The new highway shortens the trip.
新道路還縮短之旅。
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They shortened the journey by telling stories.
我們講短故事來沖淡路途時刻。
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The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a little?
這信偏長了,你就是如果不是把它改短一絲?
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The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.
這方面協定的目的性而言被限違抗黨的精神力量。
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It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.
有提案把每根無縫鋼管切短。
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His life was shortened by trouble.
他的蓄電量因煩勞而縮減了。
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Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.
它們因天氣怎么樣不利而心趣不太高了。
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He was going to shorten the proposed two months into six weeks.
選自： J. Galsworthy
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I've had my fur coat shortened.
出自于： J. Rhys
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Driving a cab tends to shorten your life span.
出處： S. Terkel
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用作動詞 (v.)
- shorten to (v.+prep.)
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(使)壓縮到… (cause sth to) become shorter to
shorten sth to sth
Shorten the report to 2000 words.
把這份報告壓縮到2000字。
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v. (動詞)
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shorten的基本意思是“(使)變短”,指縮減其長度或持續時間,有時不是實際地縮短,而只是表面感覺上的縮短。
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shorten可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
v. (動詞)
- shorten, abbreviate, abridge, condense, contract
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- 這組詞用于字詞、段落、章節等時,都含有“刪減”或“精簡”的意思。它們的區別在于:
- 1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指壓縮文章、著作的篇幅而內容不變, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于刪除音節、字母或單詞而保留詞頭; contract通常指省略單詞的中間部分,不包括只保留詞頭的詞。
- 2.表示“縮略成…”時, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常與介詞to搭配; condense也常與介詞into搭配。
- shorten，abbreviate，abridge，cut
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- 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指省去應有的或后續的部分，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，刪去不重要部分而保存其精華。
- cut普通用詞，指任何縮短而縮減的過程。
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