English translation for "缩短"

[ suōduǎn ] 
shorten; curtail; cut down; cut; take-up; tuck; foreshortening (投影); contraction; shortening; curtailing; shrinkage; shrinking 短语和例子
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

Related Translations:

缩短的:  abbreviatedcondensedtruncated

缩短视线:  foreshortening

异常缩短:  abnormal shortening

肌缩短:  shortening of muscleshorteningofmuscle

缩短寿命:  shortened lifespan

轴对称缩短:  axially symmetric shortening

缩短步法:  shortened gait

缩短作用:  shortening effect

缩短战线:  contract the front

视缩短:  apparent shortening

Example Sentences:

	1.	Ab extends by 2mm and bc contracts by 2mm . AB伸长2mm，而BC缩短2mm。
	2.	Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car .. 小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
	3.	Analyzer start-up time is considerably reduced . 分析仪的启动时间大大缩短。
	4.	The gap between the two runners is beginning to close . 两个赛跑者的差距开始缩短。
	5.	A sudden fog came on, and she curtailed her walk . 一阵突如其来的浓雾使她缩短了散步的路程。
	6.	We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier . 我们将访问的时间缩短一星期而早点回家。
	7.	The same space of time seems shorter as we grow older . 当我们变老时，同样间隔的时间似乎缩短了。
	8.	She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way . 她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力。
	9.	Pollution shortens considerably the life expectancy of a body of water . 污染使水体的估计寿命大为缩短。
	10.	When pressure is increased, the ancroid is squeezed, so it shortens . 当大气压力增加时，膜盒压紧而缩短。

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