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

• Delivering working software early shortens the feedback loop between business and IT, allowing them to collaborate more effectively.
  及早交付可运行的软件缩短了业务和IT间的反馈周期，这使得他们能够更有效地协同合作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Corrugation causes increased noise and higher maintenance costs while RCF shortens rail life and is a constant safety issue.
  波纹磨损会导致噪音增大和维护费用上升，而RCF则缩短了钢轨的寿命并引起长期的安全隐患。
• Operation at room temperature is recommended, since elevated temperature shortens column lifetime.
  在室温下操作，建议，因为高温列寿命缩短。
• 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。
• There is an increasingly common view that internet use shortens a person's attention span.
  一个日益普遍的看法是，互联网的使用缩短了人们的注意力持续时间。
• The new highway shortens the trip.
  新公路使旅程缩短了。
• 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 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。