shortened

1. V-ERG (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.
   1. Smoking can shorten your life...
      吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
   2. 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。
   3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
      冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
2. V-ERG 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
   If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. VERB 缩写,缩短(名字等)
   If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
   1. 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. The skirts were shortened an inch or two.
   这些裙子被改短了一两英寸。
2. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened
   假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
3. His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader.
   他在那里得到的反应使他更有望成为英国保守党下一任领导人。
4. 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。
5. 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）。
6. Seeds to be used for some shortened breedingcycle methods or for embryo culture should never be allowed to dry.
   用于缩短育种周期及胚培养的种子切切不可使其干燥。
7. Their research showed that cells age if telomeres are shortened.
   他们的研究表明，细胞的年龄，如果端粒变短。
8. Transaction duration can be shortened by investing in network configuration, hardware, and software.
   通过对网络配置、硬件和软件进行优化，可以缩短事务持续时间。
9. Time to market for products and services is shortened and the cost of development and change process is reduced.
   缩短了产品和服务的上市时间，降低了开发与改变流程的成本。
10. She shortened the skirt by an inch.
    她把裙子缩短了一英寸。
11. He shortened his trip due to illness.
    由于疾病他缩短了他的旅行期。
12. The distance from A to B is shortened five times because of the newly built highway.
    由于有了新修的公路，A到B的距离缩短了五分之四。
13. The payback period will be shortened up to2 months.
    投资回收期将被缩短到两个月。
14. JOHN today to come back, waiting for the day and shortened.
    JOHN今天要回来了，等待的日子又缩短了。
15. The new equipment and technologies have dramatically increased the reliability of satellite launches and greatly shortened the time for launch preparation.
    新的技术和设备极大的提高了卫星发射的可靠性，也大大的缩短了发射准备时间。
16. The time for loading and unloading has been shortened.
    装卸时间也就缩短了。
17. To resolve the problem, we changed the stain gauge arrangement and shortened the distance used for strain measurement.
    为了解决这个问题，我们改变了应变仪配置，缩短了用于应变测量的距离。
18. Shortened the time to receive information release and, Avoid a lot of waste of resources.
    缩短了信息发布和接收时间，避免了许多资源的浪费。
19. Can treatment regimens for a given disease be safely shortened and simplified?
    能否安全地缩短和简化针对特定疾病的治疗方案？
20. A shortened working week has freed up leisure time, but frozen earnings and stifled job creation.
    缩短的工作周时释放出闲暇时间，但也冻结了收入增长并抑制了就业岗位的创造。
21. The coat shortened after washing.
    这件上衣水洗后变短了。
22. Maybe it is because we shortened the pre-season this year and made it more intense.
    也许这是因为我们缩短了赛季前的休假并使季前赛事根剧烈所造成的。
23. Low concentration and shortened time of trypsin digestion and mechanical dissociation were adopted to conduct culture.
    方法：采用低浓度、短时间胰酶消化和机械分离相结合的方法制备皮层神经元悬液，进行培养。
24. They shortened the time and distance.
    她们让时间和距离变短。
25. Apple shortened the body and added a brushed metal face for durability.
    苹果缩短了身体和增加了拉丝金属面的耐久性。
26. Note the shortened and thickened chordae tendineae.
    注意腱索缩短和变厚了。
27. She shortened the dress.
    她改短了那件衣服。
28. A hard life and a weak constitution shortened Robert Burns's life.
    艰辛的生活和虚弱的体质缩短了彭斯的生命。
29. The tailor shortened the ( sleeves) of his shirt.
    裁缝把他衬衫的袖子改短了。
30. We must have this drill pipe shortened.
    我们必须把这根钻杆截短。

adj

1. with parts removed
   1. the drastically cut film

   Synonym:    cut

2. cut short
   1. a sawed-off shotgun
   2. a sawed-off broomstick
   3. the shortened rope was easier to use

   Synonym:    sawed-offsawn-off

3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
   1. a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
   2. years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream

   Synonym:    telescoped

4. cut short in duration
   1. the abbreviated speech
   2. her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
   3. an unsatisfactory truncated conversation

   Synonym:    abbreviatedtruncated