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His driving ban has been shortened by a year.他的禁驾期缩短了一年。She shaved half a second off the world record.她把世界纪录缩短了半秒。She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.她感觉丈夫的意外升迁缩短了他的人生。The ceremony was abbreviated by rain.由于天下雨，仪式缩短了。Engineers have removed a section of the pipeline, making it about a hundred metres shorter.工程师拿掉了一段管道，把它缩短了约一百米。The Queen gave an abbreviated version of her speech.女王把演说缩短了篇幅。As transportation improves, distances seem to lessen.随着运输的进步，距离似乎缩短了。His life was shortened by trouble.他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。He managed to shave nearly a second off the world record.他把世界纪录缩短了将近一秒。Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened.假期延长了，工作周则缩短了。He hacked away at the story, eliminating one character entirely.他大幅缩短了这篇故事，将其中一个人物彻底砍掉了。The parts that extend towards the viewer are foreshortened.面向观赏者的部分用透视法缩短了。We had to cut short our holiday because Richard was ill.我们不得不缩短了假期，因为理查德病了。He was gradually closing the distance between himself and the other runners.他渐渐缩短了自己与其他跑步者的距离。The upside of moving would be a shorter commute to work.搬家的好处在于上班往返的距离缩短了。Gunnell clipped a second off the world record.冈纳尔将世界记录缩短了一秒。The practice session was abbreviated due to heavy rain.训练课因大雨而缩短了。The new highway shortens the trip.新公路使旅程缩短了。Further discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea.因上了茶水，深入讨论缩短了。They clipped the presentation for lack of time.因为时间不够，他们缩短了陈述报告。He revised his story to make it shorter.他修改了他的故事，把它缩短了。The President cut short his working vacation by two days.总统将工作休假缩短了两天。The aeroplane abridges distance.飞机缩短了地面上的距离。His athletic career was foreshortened by a knee injury.他的运动员生涯因为膝盖受伤而缩短了。 |