shorten
音標['??:tn] 讀音漢語翻譯
vt. 弄短, 縮短, 減少
vi. 縮小, 變短
【機】 短縮
詞型變化:
名詞:shortener 動詞過去式:shortened 過去分詞:shortened 現在分詞:shortening 第三人稱單數:shortens詞意辨析:
shorten, abbreviate, abridge, cut這些動詞均含有“縮短”之意。
shorten: 通常指縮短時間、尺寸或過程。
abbreviate: 指省去應有的或後續的部分,從而使整體縮短。也可指縮短時間。
abridge: 多指對書籍的刪節或縮短,刪去不重要部分而保存其精華。
cut: 普通用詞,指任何縮短而縮減的過程。英文解釋:
動詞 shorten:
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements同義詞:abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
- make short or shorter
- become short or shorter
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate同義詞:bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
例句:
- Lively companionship shorten the mile.
- My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.老師讓我把報告縮短為一頁。
- She shortened the shirt by an inch.她把襯衫截短了一英寸。
shorten: 通常指縮短時間、尺寸或過程。
abbreviate: 指省去應有的或後續的部分,從而使整體縮短。也可指縮短時間。
abridge: 多指對書籍的刪節或縮短,刪去不重要部分而保存其精華。
cut: 普通用詞,指任何縮短而縮減的過程。
英文解釋:
動詞 shorten:
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements同義詞:abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
- make short or shorter
- become short or shorter
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate同義詞:bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
例句:
- Lively companionship shorten the mile.
- My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.老師讓我把報告縮短為一頁。
- She shortened the shirt by an inch.她把襯衫截短了一英寸。