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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。