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shortened

/ˈʃɔːrtənd/
verb★中级— 缩短
一般

使变短;缩短

She shortened her dress to make it more fashionable.

她把裙子缝短了,让它看起来更时髦。

The company shortened the workweek to four days.

公司将工作周缩短为四天。

💡

通常用于指时间、距离或物体的长度被缩短。

搭配

shorten the distance缩短距离shorten the process简化流程shorten the speech缩短演讲

同义词

reduceabridgecondense

反义词

lengthenextendprolong

相关短语

shorten the odds短语
使赔率降低

💡专业提示

使用场景

'shorten'通常用于指时间、距离或物体的长度被缩短,而'shorten the odds'则用于指赌博或投注中的赔率变化。

⚡黄金法则

正确使用

确保使用'shorten'时,对象是可以被测量的长度或时间,例如'shorten the meeting'(缩短会议)而不是'shorten the idea'(缩短想法)。

📖词源

源自古英语'scortian',意为'使变短',与'short'同源。

📝用法说明

在正式场合中,'shorten'通常用于指时间或距离的缩短,而在非正式场合中也可用于指物体的长度缩短。

单词拆解

short
短的
root
+
-en
使...
suffix
英汉词典

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