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shorten音标['??:tn] 汉语翻译vt. 弄短, 缩短, 减少 vi. 缩小, 变短 【机】 短缩 词型变化:名词:shortener 动词过去式:shortened 过去分词:shortened 现在分词:shortening 第三人称单数:shortens 词意辨析:shorten, abbreviate, abridge, cut这些动词均含有“缩短”之意。 shorten: 通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。 abbreviate: 指省去应有的或后续的部分,从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。 abridge: 多指对书籍的删节或缩短,删去不重要部分而保存其精华。 cut: 普通用词,指任何缩短而缩减的过程。英语解释:动词 shorten:- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
同义词:abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce - make short or shorter
- become short or shorter
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
同义词:bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
例句:- Lively companionship shorten the mile.
欢乐同路人,行程不觉长。 - My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.
老师让我把报告缩短为一页。 - She shortened the shirt by an inch.
她把衬衫截短了一英寸。
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