shortens

常见例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• The days shorten in winter.
  冬天昼短。
• The days are rapidly shortening.
  白昼正在很快变短。
• The coat shortened after washing.
  这件上衣水洗后变短了。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Can you shorten this dress for me?
  你能为我把这条连衣裙改短吗?
• The new highway shortens the trip.
  新公路缩短旅程。
• They shortened the journey by telling stories.
  他们讲故事来消磨旅途时间。
• The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a little?
  这信太长了,你是不是把它改短一点?
• The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.
  这项法案的目的在于限制反对党的力量。
• It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.
  有人提议把这根钢管切短。
• His life was shortened by trouble.
  他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。
• Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.
  他们因天气不好而兴致不高了。

用作动词 (v.)

• Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
  我让他把我的裤子弄短点。
• All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
  你要做的只是将袖子弄短，而不是将整件衣服拆开。
• The days are beginning to shorten.
  白天开始变短了。
• The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.
  那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩，使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。
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