单词：shorten
vi. 缩小, 变短
v. make short or shorter
v. become short or shorter
考试类型：[六级]
shorten的用法和样例：
例句
- 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。
常见句型
- The days shorten in winter.冬天昼短。
- The days are rapidly shortening.白昼正在很快变短。
- The coat shortened after washing.这件上衣水洗后变短了。
- Can you shorten this dress for me?你能为我把这条连衣裙改短吗?
- The new highway shortens the trip.新公路缩短旅程。
- They shortened the journey by telling stories.他们讲故事来消磨旅途时间。
- The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a little?这信太长了,你是不是把它改短一点?
- The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.这项法案的目的在于限制反对党的力量。 1
- It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.有人提议把这根钢管切短。
- His life was shortened by trouble.他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。
- Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.他们因天气不好而兴致不高了。
常用短语
- (使)压缩到… (cause sth to) become shorter toshorten sth to sth
Shorten the report to 2000 words.
把这份报告压缩到2000字。
词汇搭配
- shorten sails收帆减速
- shorten a skirt将裙子改短
- shorten the span缩短时间
- 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
经典引文
He was going to shorten the proposed two months into six weeks.
出自：J. GalsworthyI've had my fur coat shortened.
出自：J. RhysDriving a cab tends to shorten your life span.
出自：S. Terkel
- abbreviate缩写
- abridge删节
- cut切
- curtail缩减
- contract合同
- reduce减少
- condense浓缩
- compress压缩
- diminish减少
- cut down削减
- telescope望远镜
- cut back削减
- truncate切去一端
- take up拿起
- shrink收缩
- lessen减少
- limit限度
- retrench减少开支
- dock码头
- decrease减少
- trim修剪
- synopsize 给 ... 写提要(给...
- clip夹住
- summarize概述
- edit剪辑
- narrow有限的
- brief短暂的
- breviate缩简
- digest摘要
- prune修剪
- shear修剪
- pollard截去枝梢的树...
- lop剪去(树枝)
- slash猛砍
- down向下
- simplify简化
- boil down浓缩
- cut short中断
- short短的
- stunt特技
- lower低的
- boil沸腾
- castrate阉割
- expurgate净化
- bowdlerise删除文句
- foreshorten按照透视法画...
- bowdlerize删改
- lengthen加长
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