1V-ERG (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间) If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
Smoking can shorten your life. [VERB noun]
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday. [VERB noun]
因庆祝劳工节,这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression. [VERB]
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly大大縮短;顯著縮短◇The course has now been shortened considerably.該課程現在已大大縮短了。➤slightly略微縮短PREPOSITION➤by縮短了⋯◇His driving ban has been shortened by a year.他的禁駕期縮短了一年。➤from, to從⋯縮短;縮短到⋯◇The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.等待的時間已大大縮短,從 8 週降到只需 1 週。