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

• One who shortens or condenses a written work.
  一个缩短或浓缩书面作业的人。
• It both shortens technological path, lowers cost and avoids harmful influence due to adding alkali for saponification.
  又避免了因加碱皂化带来的不利影响。
• 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。
• The adsorption equilibrium time shortens and the adsorption capacity and ratio decrease with temperature.
  温度升高，吸附平衡时间缩短，吸附量和吸附比下降。
• "Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people` s distances," he said.
  他表示：网络语言更为生动鲜活，从而缩短了人与人之间的距离。
• 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。
• Good software shortens that passage without bringing attention to it.
  好的软件缩短这一过程，并且不将注意力集中在这一过程上。
• Communication shortens the distance.
  通讯缩短了距离。
• 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。
• This drastically shortens the time required for sample preparation while improving the decomposition quality.
  从而大幅度地降低了样品制备时间并且提高了消解品质。