缩短

缩短 [suō duǎn]

1. ■ shorten; curtail; cut down; cut; take-up; tuck; foreshortening （投影）; contraction; shortening; curtailing; shrinkage; shrinking:

缩短差距 narrow the gap (between ... and ...);

缩短工作时间 shorten hours;

缩短篇幅 cut down the number of pages;

缩短时间 shorten the time;

缩短假期 curtail one's holidays;

缩短距离 reduce the distance; narrow the gap;

缩短妇女退休年限 move up the retirement age for women;

缩短学制 shorten the period of schooling;

把报告缩短一半 cut the report down to half its length;

把停留时间缩短两天 cut short one's stay by two days;

缩短基本建设 curtailing capital construction; slash the capital construction; narrow the scope of capital construction;

缩短战线 contract the front

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常用词组

1. ■ 缩短电容器 shortening capacitor;

2. ■ 缩短酒龄 shortening wine age;

3. ■ 缩短童期 shortening the juvenile phase;

4. ■ 缩短育种年限 shortening the breeding cycle