shorten

/'ʃɒ:tn/

★☆☆☆☆六级英语词汇

📖 中文释义

  1. vt. 弄短, 缩短, 减少
  2. vi. 缩小, 变短

🔗 释义中的汉语词

缩短减少缩小

🧩 词形变化

过去分词 shortened现在分词 shortening第三人称单数 shortens过去式 shortened

💬 双语例句

  1. Don't smoke. Smoking can shorten your penis.

    别吸烟。吸烟可能缩短你的阴茎。

  2. I shortened my speeches.

    我精简语言。

  3. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides.

    传译员可能只取 头一个字母去代替长嘅名 选择通用而非专业嘅用语 或者参考投影片同其他视觉辅助工具

🔵 同义词

reducecontractabbreviatecutforeshortenexpurgateabridgebowdlerisebowdlerize

🔴 反义词

lengthen

🔗 常用搭配

shorten the listshorten corporate timeeffectively shortenvastly shortenacronyms to shortendecide to shortenendeavor to shorten
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
  1. v. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
  2. v. make short or shorter
  3. v. become short or shorter
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