reduce; lessen; narrow; shrink; reduction; contraction; minification; diminution 短语和例子 缩小差距 narrow [close] the gap(between ... and ...); 缩小范围 reduce the scope; narrow the range; 缩小城乡差别 lessen the difference between the city and countryside; reduce the distinction between town and country; narrow down the difference between town and countryside; 缩小汇价变动幅度 narrower band; narrower margins; narrower fluctuation margins; 缩小货币单位 denomination reduction; downward denomination; 缩小剪刀差 narrowing the scissors differences; reducing the scissors differential; closing the scissors differential; shrink the scissors gap; 缩小贸易逆差 reduce trade deficit; cut our deficit in foreign trade; 缩小同类产品项目 contracting the product line; 缩小再生产 reduced reproduction; 这条裙子的腰身需要缩小。 this skirt needs letting in at the waist. 调查的范围已经缩小到只剩五个人了。 the field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons