shorten是什么意思 shorten在线中文翻译

shorten 英 [ˈʃɔ:tn] 美 [ˈʃɔ:rtn]

shorten 词典解释

1. The new highway shortens the trip.
   新公路使旅程缩短了。

1. 缩短
   ...庄家一般来讲,当他发现赌资的比重分布不均匀时,都会用降低赔率价格(或者说是缩短(Shorten)赔率)来达到阻碍更多的赌资的加入. 但是,在如上的情况下,庄家是没有啥办法来调控了,除非他宣布不再接受新的赌注了,...
2. 减低......效能
   ...settle 解决(问题等) | shorten 减低......效能 | show 显示,表明...

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   e.g. bowdlerize a novel
   Synonym: bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   e.g. The manuscript must be shortened
   Synonym: abridge foreshorten abbreviate cut contract reduce
3. become short or shorter
   e.g. In winter, the days shorten
4. make shorter than originally intended
   reduce or retrench in length or duration
   e.g. He shortened his trip due to illness
5. make short or shorter
   e.g. shorten the skirt
   e.g. shorten the rope by a few inches

shorten [ˈʃɔ:tn]

相关单词辨析

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。