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The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut.缩短工作时间的新政策有助于减少降低薪水带来的不快。Bob is shorter than his younger brother.鲍伯比他弟弟矮。The meeting was shorter than I'd expected.开会时间比我原来预计的要短。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。The next contract will be of shorter duration.下一个合同持续时间会短一些。Her hair had been thinned and cut shorter.她的头发削薄了，剪短了。The articles are noticeably shorter with strong headlines and graphics.这些文章明显短了许多，并且配上了醒目的标题和图表。The test is no less difficult for being shorter. 此次测验内容少了，但难度不减。Mr Haddad was several inches shorter than his wife.哈达德先生比他太太矮几英寸。The engineers have gone on strike for better pay and shorter working hours.工程师举行了罢工，要求提高工资，缩短工作时间。We can get a better solution with discussion in shorter time.我们通过讨论在较短的时间得到更好的解决方法。Her hair is much shorter than it used to be.她的头发比过去短多了。You could make your speech shorter by taking out all the quotations.你可以删掉所有引文，把演说稿改短一些。He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.他主张缩短非暴力毒犯的刑期。One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.我的一条腿比另一条稍短Under the new plan, students will have shorter summer vacations and longer winter vacations.根据新的方案，学生的暑假短了，寒假长了。He hoped to cut a deal with the district attorney and get his client a shorter sentence.他曾希望能和地区检察官达成协议，为他的当事人缩短刑期。All I'm saying is I think the end part could have been a little shorter.我只是觉得结尾处可以稍微短一点儿。Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.蓝光的波长比红光的短。Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。Her hair has been cut in a shorter, more flattering style.她的头发剪短了，新发型使她更漂亮。The days are getting shorter and shorter.白天正变得越来越短。We hiked some of the shorter trails.我们走了一些短途路线。The new treatment means patients can expect a shorter hospital stay and a faster return to work.这种新疗法意味着病人将缩短住院时间，更快地回到工作岗位。This book is easier in a sort of way; it's also much shorter.从某一方面说，这本书比较容易读，而且也短得多。He revised his story to make it shorter.他修改了他的故事，把它缩短了。Tactical nuclear weapons have shorter ranges.战术核武器的威力范围较小。He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television.他本人比在电视上看上去要矮得多。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！You could make an argument for working shorter hours.你们可以提出缩短工作时间的理由。Shopping queues have grown shorter.排队购物的队伍比过去短了。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。Men have a shorter lifespan than women.男性的平均寿命比女性短。These meetings would be much shorter if we could keep him from getting off the subject.要是我们能使他不跑题，这些会议就会短得多。Celia looks just like her sister, except that her sister has shorter hair.西莉亚长得跟姐姐一模一样，除了她姐姐是短发的。Last night, the president presented a shorter, simplified version of his speech.昨晚，总统发表了一个更加简短明了的演讲。In today's computer industry, the whole time scale of new product development is far shorter than it was 10 years ago.在当今的电脑工业中，新产品开发的整个时间段比十年前短得多了。He's a short man, shorter than his wife.他是个矮个子，比他妻子还矮。She is taller/shorter than average for her age bracket.她比同年龄段的人高/矮。What perturbs me is that magazine articles are so much shorter nowadays.令我不安的是现在的杂志文章都短多了。 |