shortens

英 [ˈʃɔːtnz] 美 [ˈʃɔːrtnz]

v.  (使)变短，缩短
shorten的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  1. V-ERG (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
    If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, 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。
  2. V-ERG 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
    If you shorten an object or if it shortens, 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。
  3. VERB 缩写,缩短(名字等)
    If you shorten a 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)。
  4. to shorten the odds → see: odds
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  1. This gives them context, and it shortens the time necessary to switch from one task to another.
    这赋予他们一定的背景，并缩短了从一项任务转向另一项任务所需要的时间。
  2. 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。
  3. Providing access to enterprise applications in this way shortens the migration to a Linux desktop.
    以这种方式提供对企业应用程序的访问可以缩短迁移到Linux桌面的过程。
  4. "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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. This in turn shortens the elapsed time required to deliver the system.
    这样同时也就缩短了系统交付时间。
  10. Communication shortens the distance.
    通讯缩短了距离。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. Test shows this method which shortens the operation time greatly and reads target image height accurately improves the precision of range estimation.
    实验统计分析表明此方法大大缩短了距离估算操作时间，实现了跟踪目标像高的准确读取，从而提高了距离估算的准确度。
  16. A good system shortens the road to the goal.
    好的体制使你离目标间的距离缩短。
  17. The design of the simulation system shortens the engineering debug time, provides guarantee for evening data collection and storage.
    模拟器的设计缩短了工程上的调试时间，为后期的采集和存储等处理提供了保证。
  18. The practice proves that the query system meets the requirement of expansibility, configurability and manageability, and shortens the period of development.
    实践证明，该系统具有一定的可配置性、扩展性和易管理性，缩短了系统开发的周期。
  19. 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。
  20. The test shortens the structure of floatation process of hematite, and reduces the consumption of reagent.
    试验缩短了赤铁矿浮选的流程结构，同时降低了药剂用量。
  21. One who shortens or condenses a written work.
    一个缩短或浓缩书面作业的人。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. Good software shortens that passage without bringing attention to it.
    好的软件缩短这一过程，并且不将注意力集中在这一过程上。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. That affects your thinking and actually shortens your patience, particularly when you get covert support from others.
    这会影响到你的思考，减少你的耐心，尤其当你得到别人支持的掩护时。
  28. The new highway shortens the trip.
    新公路使旅程缩短了。
  29. Over time, this telomerase dwindles and eventually the telomere shortens and the cell becomes inactive.
    随着时间延长，端粒末端酶会减少，最终端粒也会缩短，细胞就不能继续分裂。
  30. 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。
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