shorten

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六级 Collins 1

v. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
v. make short or shorter
v. become short or shorter

vt. 弄短, 缩短, 减少
vi. 缩小, 变短

Collins 星级

8,411

BNC 频率

7,578

使用频率

shorten由short（短的）和后缀-en（使...变得）组成，表示“使变短”。

例句

1. I need to shorten my essay before the deadline.

我需要在截止日期之前缩短我的论文。

2. Can you help me shorten this text for my presentation?

你能帮我缩短这个文本以便我的演讲吗？

3. The teacher asked us to shorten our stories to one paragraph.

老师让我们把故事缩短到一个段落。