shortens

英 [ˈʃɔːtnz]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtnz]

v.  (使)变短，缩短
shorten的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
  If youshortenan event or the length of time that something lasts, or if itshortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
  1. Smoking can shorten your life...
     吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
  2. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
     因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
  3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
     冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
• V-ERG 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
  If youshortenan object or if itshortens, it becomes smaller in length.
  1. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose...
     她父亲花了 1,000 英镑给她做了削鼻手术。
  2. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
     细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
• VERB 缩写,缩短(名字等)
  If youshortena name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
  1. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
     她原先叫 Lili (莉莉)，最后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。
• toshorten the odds→ see:odds

双语例句

• A good system shortens the road to the goal.
  好的体制使你离目标间的距离缩短。
• Shade reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic system and shortens the lifetime of photovoltaic modules because of hot spot.
  遮阴现象降低光伏发电系统发电效率，并且导致光伏模块产生热斑效应而缩短寿命。
• The utility model shortens the operation time, reduces the damage of radiation to the operator and the patient, and improves operation success rate.
  使用本导管，缩短了手术时间，减少了放射线对医疗手术者和患者的损伤，提高了手术成功率。
• The setting up of the fire path not only increases the heating area of the pot, but also saves the energy resource and shortens the service life.
  火道的设立不仅增加了锅的受热面积，同时又节省了能源，缩短了使用时间。
• 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。
• Through this, it not only guarantees the performance, but also raises working efficiency greatly and shortens the production cycle.
  既保证了产品的质量，还大大地提高了制造生产率，缩短了产品更新的周期。
• 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。
• The test shortens the structure of floatation process of hematite, and reduces the consumption of reagent.
  试验缩短了赤铁矿浮选的流程结构，同时降低了药剂用量。
• Updating the view locally on the client saves round trips to the server, shortens response time by orders of magnitude, and dramatically improves the user experience.
  更新客户机本地视图省去了往返服务器的过程，缩短了几个数量级的响应时间，而且极大地改善了用户体验。
• 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。