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I shortened/raised the hemline on the dress.我把连衣裙的底边缩短/加长了。Dress the wound quickly, to reduce the length of time it is exposed to infection.赶快包扎伤口，以缩短其暴露于外以致受感染的时间。Moving house will knock an hour off Ray's journey to work.搬家将使雷的上班路程缩短一小时。The ruling will put extra pressure on health authorities to change working practices and shorten hours.该判决将给卫生部门施加更多的压力促使其改变工作惯例，缩短工作时间。A metallic rod shortens by cold.金属棒遇冷会缩短。As we wanted to get home before dark, we had to cut our visit short.我们想在天黑前回家，所以不得不缩短访问时间。Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week.工会领袖已经商定了一份缩短每周工作时间的协议。The workers welcomed the shortening of work hours.工人们欢迎缩短工作时间。He had to cut his trip short.他只得缩短自己的旅程。Catchments are relatively small and most parents want to limit the time that their children spend travelling to school.学区内的学生数量较少，大多数家长希望能缩短孩子上学路上所花的时间。This essay's still too long, I'll have to shorten it by a couple of thousand words.这篇论文还是太长，我得把它缩短几千字。Cut down the article so as to make it fit the space available on the paper.把文章缩短一些，这样就能排进报纸有限的版面中。I'm sorry we had to cut our visit short.很遗憾我们不得不缩短访问时间。Cold weather causes a contraction of two inches in the bridge.寒冷的天气会使这座桥缩短两英寸。Shortening the decision-making process would provide one solution.缩短决策过程会是一个解决办法。The workers shot down the manager's idea of shorter vacations.工人们驳倒了经理缩短假期的主意。The traffic tailback seems to be getting longer, not shorter!汽车长龙没有缩短，好像是越来越长了！The days are rapidly shortening.白昼在很快缩短。Did you have to cut your dissertation down?你的论文必须要缩短吗?A shorter working week will mean pay cuts for millions of workers.缩短每周工作日将意味着几百万工人要降低工资。We need to minimize network downtime.我们要尽可能缩短网络的停运时间。We'll have to improve the turnaround - three days is too long.我们必须缩短周转时间——３天时间太长。He was forced to cut short a visit to North America.他被迫缩短访问北美的行程。The union had sought a wage increase and a shorter work week.工会寻求增加工资，缩短每周工作时间。Bleaching shortens the life of any fabric.漂白会缩短织物的寿命。He decided to abridge his stay here after he received a letter from home.他接到家信后决定缩短在这里的逗留时间。Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.自动化会使工作周缩短，也更为灵活。He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.他主张缩短非暴力毒犯的刑期。The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。I have to abridge my stay here.我不得不缩短在这里逗留的时间。Smoking was certainly one of the factors that foreshortened his life.吸烟无疑是缩短他寿命的因素之一。This route can cut as much as five minutes off your driving time.这条线路可以让你缩短五分钟的行车时间。Saltwater fish have a shorter lifespan in the aquarium.咸水鱼养在水族箱里会缩短寿命。Time in a period of waiting, too, had its relativistic possibilities, expanded or contracted, according to how you were feeling at the time.在等候中度过的时间也有它的相对可能性，即或可扩延或可缩短，全由你当时感觉如何而定。Increasing unionization led to demands for higher wages and shorter hours.随着工会越来越壮大，有了提高工资、缩短工作时间的要求。Don't skimp on sleep.不要缩短睡眠时间。Not only do the nurses want a pay increase, they want reduced hours as well.护士们不仅要求提高工资，还要求缩短工作时间。Smoking can shorten your life.吸烟会缩短你的寿命。The new road will reduce travel time to the airport.这条新路将缩短去机场的时间。You could make an argument for working shorter hours.你们可以提出缩短工作时间的理由。 |