shorten是什么意思 shorten在线翻译 shorten什么意思 shorten的意思 shorten的翻译 shorten的解释 shorten的发音 shorten的同义词 shorten的反义词

动词abridgecontractshrinkcutreduceabbreviate

及物动词lengthenextendexpand

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. shorten是什么意思

2. 减低......效能：settle 解决(问题等) | shorten 减低......效能 | show 显示,表明

1. (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
    If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.

shorten

    e.g. Smoking can shorten your life...
           吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
    e.g. 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。

2. 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
    If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

3. 缩写,缩短(名字等)
    If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.

    e.g. 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)。

4. to shorten the odds -> see odds

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

    e.g. bowdlerize a novel

    Synonym: bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate

2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    e.g. The manuscript must be shortened

    Synonym: abridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce

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
           shorten the rope by a few inches