shorten

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  • v.缩短
  • Web弄短；变短；减少
Simple Present：shortens  Present Participle：shortening  Past Tense：shortened  

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Shorten
v.
1.
（使）变短，缩短to make sth shorter; to become shorter
Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
a shortened version of the game
简化了的比赛
In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kay.
她名叫凯瑟琳，通常简称凯。

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AllAll,缩短缩短,弄短弄短,变短变短,减少减少
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At once he began to shorten sail, to invest only in the soundest securities, and to convert all his weaker ones into cash.
他马上开始收缩资金，只投资在最可靠的证券上，并把他所有比较不可靠的证券都变成了现金。
tā mǎ shàng kāi shǐ shōu suō zī jīn , zhǐ tóu zī zài zuì kě kào de zhèng quàn shàng , bìng bǎ tā suǒ yǒu bǐ jiào bù kě kào de zhèng quàn dōu biàn chéng le xiàn jīn 。
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He said he also tried to encourage engineers to take more risks and shorten development times, which he said has paid off.
他说，他还力图鼓励工程师更多地冒险，并缩短开发周期，并说这种努力取得了成效。
tā shuō , tā hái lì tú gǔ lì gōng chéng shī gèng duō de mào xiǎn , bìng suō duǎn kāi fā zhōu qī , bìng shuō zhè zhǒng nǔ lì qǔ dé le chéng xiào 。
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Also, if you do not wish to use the same number of containers in test that are in production, shorten the list and use fewer containers.
同样，如果您不希望在测试中使用与生产中相同数目的容器，就缩短列表并使用较少容器。
tóng yàng , rú guǒ nín bù xī wàng zài cè shì zhōng shǐ yòng yǔ shēng chǎn zhōng xiāng tóng shù mù de róng qì , jiù suō duǎn liè biǎo bìng shǐ yòng jiào shǎo róng qì 。
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But it is already a great step forward to be able to shorten the time lag between the settlements of the two legs of the transactions.
但能够缩短交易中两个部分的交收时间差距，已是向前迈出了一大步。
dàn néng gòu suō duǎn jiāo yì zhōng liǎng gè bù fen de jiāo shōu shí jiān chā jù , yǐ shì xiàng qián mài chū le yī dà bù 。
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This method can shorten the time of operation, reduce the risk of operation, and produce a suitable repair result for patients.
该方法能够缩短手术时间，减少手术风险，并能够设计出更符合病人的颅骨修复体。
gāi fāng fǎ néng gòu suō duǎn shǒu shù shí jiān , jiǎn shǎo shǒu shù fēng xiǎn , bìng néng gòu shè jì chū gèng fú hé bìng rén de lú gǔ xiū fù tǐ 。
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He said to them, "The new trousers are too long. Could one of you help me to shorten them by two inches? "
他对她们说：“新买的裤子太长了，你们谁能帮我把它截短两英尺么？”
tā duì tā men shuō : " xīn mǎi de kù zǐ tài cháng le , nǐ men shuí néng bāng wǒ bǎ tā jié duǎn liǎng yīng chǐ me ? "
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Such a desire to shorten up exposures in the run-up to the resolution of the debt-ceiling debate led overnight repo rates to spike.
这种在债务上限问题即将解决前减少风险的欲望导致隔夜回购利率升高。
zhè zhǒng zài zhài wù shàng xiàn wèn tí jí jiāng jiě jué qián jiǎn shǎo fēng xiǎn de yù wàng dǎo zhì gé yè huí gòu lì lǜ shēng gāo 。
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The length of maturity of large consumer durables loans is usually within one year, with the longest up to three years (or shorten).
大额耐用消费品贷款的期限一般在一年以内，最长为三年（含三年）。
dà é nài yòng xiāo fèi pǐn dài kuǎn de qī xiàn yì bān zài yī nián yǐ nèi , zuì cháng wéi sān nián ( hán sān nián ) 。
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Test automation is often seen as a way to reduce the costs of testing, increase test coverage and effectiveness, and shorten testing cycles.
测试自动化常常被当做减少测试成本、增加测试覆盖率和有效性、缩短测试周期的手段。
cè shì zì dòng huà cháng cháng bèi dàng zuò jiǎn shǎo cè shì chéng běn 、 zēng jiā cè shì fù gài lǜ hé yǒu xiào xìng 、 suō duǎn cè shì zhōu qī de shǒu duàn 。
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To shorten the entire test cycle, you can download a ready-to-use package containing both user space tool and kernel image.
为了缩短整个测试周期，您可以下载同时包含有用户空间工具和内核映像的立即可用的程序包。
wèi le suō duǎn zhěng gè cè shì zhōu qī , nín kě yǐ xià zǎi tóng shí bāo hán yǒu yòng hù kōng jiān gōng jù hé nèi hé yìng xiàng de lì jí kě yòng de chéng xù bāo 。
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