1·Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Her father paid $5,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.
她父亲为一个缩短她的鼻子的手术花了$5000。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.
小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
5·Starting this month, the new Xi'an Chengdu high speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.
从这个月开始，新的西安成都高铁将把旅行时间缩短到3个小时。
1·If they merely make fewer errors, then we can shorten the practice.
如果他们的错误减少了，我们就可以减少练习量。
2·"There is no fault nor folly of my life," says Mr. Ruskin, "that does not rise up against me, and take away my joy, and shorten my power of possession, of sight, of understanding.
英国艺术批评家拉斯金曾说：“我的生活中没有什么错误或荒唐行为，能够使我亲痛仇快。 我的快乐、财富、眼界和理解力从未因此而减少分毫。
3·Depression can increase the risk of heart disease and may shorten life span.
忧郁会增加心脏病的风险甚至有可能会减少寿命。
4·Another good reason to check with a doctor is that he or she may prescribe drugs that shorten the severity and duration of your symptoms.
给医生打电话的另一个好处是他们会给你开药以减少你承受相关症状的痛苦和时间。
5·Some drivers will switch to the bridge to shorten their commute, but as the traffic builds up there the motorway starts to look like a better bet, so some switch back.
有些司机转向桥以减少通行时间，桥面因此交通趋堵，公路看来是个更好的选择，于是有一些司机又回到公路上。
1·In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·If you don't use the muscles, they will weaken, and shorten and resist repair.
如果不使用肌肉，它们就会变弱、变短并对修复产生抗拒。
3·If the stars were spiraling together the orbital period would shorten, as observed.
正如所观察的那样，两颗星一起盘旋时轨道周期将会变短。
4·Because of scar tissue at the joints, muscles and other soft tissues shorten around the joint which in time can permanently lose some of its movement.
由于关节部位存在疤痕，肌肉和关节周围的其他软组织就会变短，从而永久降低关节的活动范围。
5·The days are beginning to shorten.
白天开始变短了。
1·That's the harmonic series that's on that, and what the valves do is they shorten and lengthen that vibrating column of air very much like the cello string on the fingerboard.
这就是圆号上的泛音列,活瓣的作用是增长或减短,空气柱的高度,很像大提琴指板上的弦
2·Realizing that there was no other way to sustain TM's life and hoping to shorten his pain, I told the doctor not to revive TM.
了解到已经无法再维持TM的生命之后，且希望减短他所受的痛苦，我告诉医生不要急救。
3·It can shorten your life.
它可能会减短你的生命。
4·The results show that the distribution of internal force of embeded anti-slide pile is relatively reasonable, and the length of anchorage section is properly shorten.
比较结果表明埋入式抗滑桩内力分布合理，锚固段可适当减短。
5·Worker completes the original production can greatly shorten the time and reduce the labor intensity, so as to increase the production efficiency.
工人完成原生产量的时间能大大减短，降低了劳动强度，从而提高了生产效率。