Shorten
[ 'ʃɔrtn ]
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vt.& vi. 缩短，变短;
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short短+en变成 →缩短
📝 例句
The days are beginning to shorten.
白天开始变短了。
shorten one's journey
缩短旅程
to shorten a long article
缩短一篇长文
The new highway shortens the trip.
新公路使旅程缩短了。
shorten [lengthen] one's grip
短握 [长握] 球棒
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📖 牛津释义
shorten
v[I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become shorter （使某物）变短
The days are beginning to shorten, eg in autumn. 白天开始变短了（如在秋季）.
take two links out of the chain to shorten it 取下两个链环把链子弄短
They want to shorten the time it takes to make the car. 他们想把生产汽车的时间缩短. Cf 参看 lengthen (length).
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I didn't mean it, I'll make it up to you.
我不是有意的，我会为你作出的一切补偿的。
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.
吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。
They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.
对于逐渐积累起来的庞大材料，他们几乎不知道选取哪些好，