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

• The innovative design, the superior quality, greatly reduces the installation cost, shortens the installation time and increase the lifespan of the system.
  新颖的设计，一流的质量。大大降低了安装成本，缩短了安装时间，增加了系统的使用寿命。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Friction wears away metal in the moving parts, which shortens their working life.
  运动部件间的摩擦力使金属磨损，这就缩短了运动部件的使用寿命。
• Shade reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic system and shortens the lifetime of photovoltaic modules because of hot spot.
  遮阴现象降低光伏发电系统发电效率，并且导致光伏模块产生热斑效应而缩短寿命。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。