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| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔LIFE〕Authorities estimate that smoking trims between 12 and 15 years off a person's lifespan. 专家估计，吸烟会使一个人的寿命缩短12到15年。朗文写作活用〔LIFE〕Saltwater fish have a shorter lifespan in the aquarium. 咸水鱼养在水族箱里会缩短寿命。朗文写作活用〔SHORT〕Did you have to cut your dissertation down? 你的论文必须要缩短吗?朗文写作活用〔SHORT〕Engineers have removed a section of the pipeline, making it about a hundred metres shorter. 工程师拿掉了一段管道，把它缩短了约一百米。朗文写作活用〔TRY〕The government has announced that it will fund an extra 10,000 doctors in an attempt to reduce waiting times for operations. 政府宣布将拨款增聘10,000名医生以缩短轮候做手术的时间。朗文写作活用〔abbreviation〕Abbreviation of sleep means a reduction in REM dreaming.缩短睡眠意味着缩短快速眼动做梦时间。外研社新世纪〔abridge〕I have to abridge my stay here.我不得不缩短在这里逗留的时间。英汉大词典〔advocacy〕He has been widely criticized for his advocacy of shorter prison sentences.他因主张缩短刑期而遭到广泛批评。麦克米伦高阶〔argument〕You could make an argument for working shorter hours.你们可以提出缩短工作时间的理由。麦克米伦高阶〔bargain for〕The unions bargained (with management) for a shorter working week.为缩短周工作时间，工会(与资方)进行了谈判。21世纪英汉〔baton〕Heraldry A shortened narrow bend, often signifying bastardy.【纹章学】 缩短的弯曲窄条，常表示私生子地位美国传统〔catchment〕Catchments are relatively small and most parents want to limit the time that their children spend travelling to school.学区内的学生数量较少, 大多数家长希望能缩短孩子上学路上所花的时间。外研社新世纪〔clip〕Christie has clipped a tenth of a second off the record.克里斯蒂把纪录缩短了0.1秒。剑桥高阶〔clip〕Gunnell clipped a second off the world record.冈纳尔将世界记录缩短了一秒。朗文当代〔clip〕She clipped 7 seconds off her personal best for the 10,000 metres.她在1万米赛跑中将自己的个人最好成绩缩短了7秒。麦克米伦高阶〔clip〕To cut short; curtail.截短；缩短美国传统〔clip〕To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.省略，简略：通过去除字母或音节来缩短（单词）美国传统〔contracture〕An abnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar tissue, that results in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of the body.挛缩：一种异常且常为永久性的缩短，如肌肉或瘢痕组织，会导致扭曲或变形，特别是身体关节处美国传统〔contract〕Grammar To shorten (a word or words) by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds.【语法】 略语：通过省略或结合某些字母或音素使（一个或几个单词）缩短美国传统〔convection oven〕An oven having a fan that shortens cooking time by circulating hot air uniformly around the food.对流加热烤箱：有风扇，可以借着热空气一律在食物周围循环来缩短烹调时间的烤箱美国传统〔curtail〕He curtailed his speech.他缩短了他的演说词。21世纪英汉〔cut sth short〕We had to cut short our holiday because Richard was ill.我们不得不缩短了假期，因为理查德病了。剑桥高阶〔cut〕This route can cut as much as five minutes off your driving time.这条线路可以让你缩短五分钟的行车时间。韦氏高阶〔cut〕To stop before the end; abbreviate.缩短：在结束之前终止；缩短美国传统〔cut〕Your essay's too long – it needs cutting down a little.你的文章太长了，需要缩短一些。朗文当代〔day〕Rail workers are campaigning for a shorter working day .铁路工人在发起缩短工作时间的运动。朗文当代〔deal〕He hoped to cut a deal with the district attorney and get his client a shorter sentence.他曾希望能和地区检察官达成协议, 为他的当事人缩短刑期。外研社新世纪〔decision-making〕Shortening the decision-making process would provide one solution.缩短决策过程会是一个解决办法。柯林斯高阶〔defeat〕Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise! 迟迟待在办公室讨论缩短工作时间恰恰是在阻挠这一目标的实现！牛津高阶〔distance〕He was gradually closing the distance between himself and the other runners.他渐渐缩短了自己与其他跑步者的距离。牛津搭配〔downtime〕We need to minimize network downtime.我们要尽可能缩短网络的停运时间。韦氏高阶〔elide〕To cut short; abridge.删节；缩短美国传统〔foreshorten〕She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.她感觉丈夫的意外升迁缩短了他的人生。柯林斯高阶〔foreshorten〕She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.她觉得她丈夫的意外晋升缩短了他的寿命。外研社新世纪〔foreshorten〕The parts that extend towards the viewer are foreshortened.面向观赏者的部分用透视法缩短了。韦氏高阶〔hemline〕I shortened/raised the hemline on the dress.我把连衣裙的底边缩短/加长了。韦氏高阶〔hundredth〕She has knocked one/a hundredth of a second off the world record.她将世界纪录缩短了百分之一秒。剑桥高阶〔lead time〕They aim to cut production lead times to under 18 months.他们旨在把生产准备时间缩短至18个月内。外研社新世纪〔lengthen〕Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened.假期延长了, 工作周则缩短了。外研社新世纪〔lessen〕As transportation improves, distances seem to lessen.随着运输的进步,距离似乎缩短了。英汉大词典〔lop sth off〕He lopped eight seconds off the record.他将这项纪录缩短了8秒钟。剑桥高阶〔muscle〕He wanted to pare the article down without cutting the muscle from it.他想缩短这篇文章而保留其基本内容。英汉大词典〔negotiate〕Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week.工会领袖已经商定了一份缩短每周工作时间的协议。朗文当代〔nonviolent〕He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.他主张缩短非暴力毒犯的刑期。韦氏高阶〔not〕Not only do the nurses want a pay increase, they want reduced hours as well.护士们不仅要求提高工资，还要求缩短工作时间。朗文当代〔proposal〕The committee put forward a proposal to reduce the time limit.该委员会提出了一个缩短时限的建议。朗文当代〔put〕The ruling will put extra pressure on health authorities to change working practices and shorten hours.该判决将给卫生部门施加更多的压力促使其改变工作惯例，缩短工作时间。柯林斯高阶〔relativistic〕Time in a period of waiting, too, had its relativistic possibilities, expanded or contracted, according to how you were feeling at the time.在等候中度过的时间也有它的相对可能性,即或可扩延或可缩短,全由你当时感觉如何而定。英汉大词典〔shave sth off sth〕The new high speed trains will shave 25 minutes off the journey time.新的高速火车将使旅途的时间缩短25分钟。剑桥高阶〔shave〕She shaved half a second off the world record.她把世界纪录缩短了半秒。朗文当代〔shave〕She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile.她已经将一英里赛跑的国家纪录缩短了 4 秒。柯林斯高阶〔sheepshank〕A knot used to shorten a line.用来缩短线的结扣美国传统〔shortening〕The act of one that shortens.缩短：一个事物缩短或使…缩短的动作美国传统〔shorten〕A metallic rod shortens by cold.金属棒遇冷会缩短。英汉大词典〔shorten〕As you grow older, your spine shortens by about an inch.随着年龄变老，你的脊柱将缩短约1英寸。剑桥高阶〔shorten〕He had to shorten the speech.他不得不缩短演讲的时间。韦氏高阶〔shorten〕His life was shortened by trouble.他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。英汉大词典〔shorten〕I shortened my story because it was too long.我把我写的小说缩短，因为它太长了。牛津同义词〔shorten〕Smoking can shorten your life.吸烟会缩短你的寿命。外研社新世纪〔shorten〕Smoking can shorten your life.吸烟会缩短你的寿命。柯林斯高阶〔shorten〕The course has now been shortened considerably.该课程现在已大大缩短了。牛津搭配〔shorten〕The days are rapidly shortening.白昼在很快缩短。英汉大词典〔shorten〕The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.等待的时间已大大缩短，从 8 周降到只需 1 周。牛津搭配〔slice〕He sliced two seconds off the world record.他把世界纪录缩短了两秒。牛津高阶〔span〕Captivity vastly reduces the life span of whales.捕获饲养会大大缩短鲸的寿命。朗文当代〔syncopate〕Grammar To shorten (a word) by syncope.【语法】 词中省略，中略：由中略将（一个词）缩短美国传统〔tangible〕Other tangible benefits include an increase in salary and shorter working hours.其他实实在在的好处包括加薪和缩短工作时间。剑桥高阶〔tapered〕I suggested that we start to taper off the counseling sessions.我建议我们开始缩短咨询服务的时间。柯林斯高阶〔telescope〕I suggest we telescope the seminar into an hour.我建议将研讨会缩短为一个小时。21世纪英汉〔telescope〕The three years seemed to have telescoped.那3年时间好像一下子缩短了。英汉大词典〔telescope〕The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.整个法律程序被缩短到几个星期。朗文当代〔telescope〕The years seemed to have telescoped.这些年似乎一下子缩短了。21世纪英汉〔testify〕He hopes to have his 12-year prison term reduced by testifying against his former colleagues.他希望通过出庭指控从前的同事来缩短自己12年的刑期。外研社新世纪〔testify〕He hopes to have his 12-year prison term reduced by testifying against his former colleagues.他希望通过出庭检举从前的同事缩短自己 12 年的刑期。柯林斯高阶〔travel〕The new road will reduce travel time to the airport.这条新路将缩短去机场的时间。牛津搭配〔truncated〕Lacking an initial or final syllable. Used of a line of verse.缩短了的：缺头音节或尾音节的。用于诗行美国传统〔truncate〕To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.通过减少小数点后位数来缩短（数字）美国传统〔turnaround〕We must reduce costs and shorten turnaround times .我们必须削减成本，缩短周期。朗文当代〔turnaround〕We'll have to improve the turnaround - three days is too long.我们必须缩短周转时间——３天时间太长。剑桥高阶〔upside〕The upside of moving would be a shorter commute to work.搬家的好处在于上班往返的距离缩短了。韦氏高阶〔waste〕So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film.如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。柯林斯高阶〔work week〕The union had sought a wage increase and a shorter work week.工会寻求增加工资，缩短每周工作时间。柯林斯高阶Cold weather causes a contraction of two inches in the bridge. 寒冷的天气会使这座桥缩短两英寸。译典通He decided to abridge his stay here after he received a letter from home. 他接到家信后决定缩短在这里的逗留时间。译典通He had to cut his trip short. 他只得缩短自己的旅程。译典通Her jail sentence was halved after her case went to the appeal court.她的案子诉至上诉法庭后刑期缩短为原来的一半。剑桥国际Hydrofoils run instead of ferries on some routes, halving the journey time but doubling the cost.水翼船代替摆渡船在一些路线上行驶，将航程时间缩短了一半，但费用却增加了一倍。剑桥国际I may have to cut short my visit if Peter rings.要是彼得打电话来，或许我不得不缩短访问时间。剑桥国际I'm afraid we're starting to run over (time), so could you make your speeches short please.我怕我们已经超过时间了，请你把演讲缩短一些吧。剑桥国际I've tried to condense ten pages of comments into two.我试图把十页长的评论文章缩短为两页。剑桥国际In the fresco, the flying figure is severely foreshortened.在壁画里，飞行的（人物）形象被大大地缩短。剑桥国际Television coverage of the match was truncated by a technical fault.对比赛的电视直播因技术故障而被缩短。剑桥国际The firm has cut the time it takes to process orders by 50%.这家企业将处理订单的时间缩短了 50%。牛津商务The new highway shortens the trip. 新公路使旅程缩短了。译典通The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut.缩短工时的新政策减少了由减薪引起的不快。剑桥国际The new software has reduced response time to less than 8 seconds for most transactions.新软件将大部分交易的反应时间缩短到 8 秒以内。牛津商务Waiting times at supermarket checkouts have been reduced by the introduction of bar code scanners.条形码扫描器的运用缩短了超市结帐台前的等候时间。剑桥国际We had to cut short our holiday (= finish it early) because Richard was ill.因为理查德病了，我们不得不缩短假期。剑桥国际We'll have to improve the turnround -- 3 days is too long.我们必须缩短周转时间----3天时间太长。剑桥国际Workers have rejected a pay offer of 8% in favour of a 4% increase linked with a shorter working week (=they have accepted the second instead of the first).工人们拒绝了工资增长8％的提议，而赞同工资增长4％并缩短每周工作时间。剑桥国际 |
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