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BNC: 8411 COCA: 7578

shorten

verb
/ˈʃɔːtn/
/ˈʃɔːrtn/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shorten
/ˈʃɔːtn/
/ˈʃɔːrtn/
he / she / it shortens
/ˈʃɔːtnz/
/ˈʃɔːrtnz/
past simple shortened
/ˈʃɔːtnd/
/ˈʃɔːrtnd/
past participle shortened
/ˈʃɔːtnd/
/ˈʃɔːrtnd/
-ing form shortening
/ˈʃɔːtnɪŋ/
/ˈʃɔːrtnɪŋ/
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  1. to make something shorter; to become shorter（使）变短，缩短
    • shorten (something) 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。
    • shorten something to something Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kate.她的名字叫凯瑟琳，通常简称为凯特。
    opposite lengthen
    Extra Examples
    • The course has now been shortened considerably.该课程现在已大大缩短了。
    • The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.等待的时间已大大缩短，从 8 周降到只需 1 周。
    • They say that each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by five minutes.他们说你抽的每一支烟都会让你的寿命缩短五分钟。
    • The distance between the cars shortened.汽车之间的距离缩短了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • considerably
    • dramatically
    • drastically
    • …
    preposition
    • by
    • from
    • to
    • …
    See full entry
BNC: 8411 COCA: 7578
shorten

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly大大縮短；顯著縮短◇The course has now been shortened considerably.該課程現在已大大縮短了。➤slightly略微縮短PREPOSITION➤by縮短了⋯◇His driving ban has been shortened by a year.他的禁駕期縮短了一年。➤from, to從⋯縮短；縮短到⋯◇The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.等待的時間已大大縮短，從 8 週降到只需 1 週。
BNC: 8411 COCA: 7578
shorten verb
⇨ shrink
BNC: 8411 COCA: 7578
shorten
To change the length of something: lengthen, stretch, shorten...

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