shorten 

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高中
单词释义
v.(使)变短,缩短
词根词缀记忆/谐音联想记忆 补充/纠错
缩短(short短)[-en 1.表动词"变成"2.表形容词 …………
词性拓展记忆 / 词形拓展记忆
原形:shorten第三人称单数:shortens过去式:shortened过去分词:shortened现在分词:shortening
辨析记忆
shorten / abbreviate / abridge / cut
这些动词均含有“缩短”之意。
shorten → 通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。
abbreviate → 指省去应有的或后续的部分,从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间 …………
词根记忆 / 词缀记忆
shorten v 缩短(short短)
-en
(1)表动词,”变成”
shorten v 缩短(short短)
darken v 变黑(dark黑)
sharpen v 削尖(sharp尖)
straiten v 使狭窄(str …………
词组和短语补充/纠错
shorten travel time 缩短旅行时间
shorten their commutes to work 缩短上班时间
shorten one's life 缩短生命
shorten the period of schooling 缩短上学时间
单词例句
"The application of cutting-edge technologies can not only shorten the seedling cultivation time by 5 to 7 days but also save 30 percent of seed quantity and increase yield by more than 40 percent," said the company.
该公司表示:“应用尖端技术不仅可以缩短5到7天的幼苗培育时间,还可以节省30%的种子数量,提高40%以上的产量。”。
"At the University of Queensland in Australia, Robert Henry, professor of innovation in agriculture, and his team are using gene sequencing technology from BGI Group to conduct species cultivation research on macadamia nuts, also known as "Australian nuts", to shorten crop growth time and increase yield.
“在澳大利亚昆士兰大学,农业创新教授Robert Henry和他的团队正在利用华大基因集团的基因测序技术,对澳大利亚坚果(也称为“澳大利亚坚果”)进行物种培育研究,以缩短作物生长时间,提高产量。
After the upgrade, the State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power can make the fault location clear more efficiently through the system, automatically reduce the fault isolation range and close the power supply switch after fault isolation, and quickly restore the non-fault section power supply load, which, as a result, will shorten the repair time from hours to seconds.
升级后,国网浙江电力可以通过该系统更高效地清除故障位置,自动缩小故障隔离范围并在故障隔离后关闭电源开关,快速恢复非故障段供电负荷,从而将修复时间从数小时缩短到数秒。
Lin has been actively coordinating with the Amsterdam airport to launch a green channel to shorten ground transportation time.
林一直积极协调阿姆斯特丹机场开通绿色通道,缩短地面运输时间。
It has also expanded its team and has been working with four ports in China, which include Ningbo, Zhejiang province and Shanghai, to shorten the transportation time for products from Oman to China.
该公司还扩大了团队,并与中国的四个港口合作,包括宁波、浙江省和上海,以缩短产品从阿曼到中国的运输时间。
The factory can shorten the period for new product innovation from 12 months to three and enhance the accuracy and efficiency of product demand prediction.
工厂可以将新产品创新的周期从12个月缩短到3个月,并提高产品需求预测的准确性和效率。
In addition, Chinese fast-fashion online retailer Shein is expanding its facilities in the US with plans to open two more distribution centers, which could help shorten delivery times to its customers by three to four days.
此外,中国快时尚在线零售商Shein正在扩大其在美国的设施,计划再开设两个配送中心,这可能有助于将向客户的配送时间缩短三到四天。
Li said the launch of the bonded warehouse is expected to shorten the delivery time by four to five days on average compared with direct delivery from overseas.
李说,与从海外直接交货相比,保税仓库的推出预计将平均缩短四到五天的交货时间。
It is reported that Chinese consumers will enjoy better services for purchasing overseas products because the launch of the bonded warehouse will shorten the logistic time by four to five days on average compared with direct delivery from overseas.
据报道,中国消费者购买海外产品将享受更好的服务,因为保税仓库的推出将比从海外直接发货平均缩短四到五天的物流时间。
Completion of the rail line will shorten the commute time between the two airports to 45 minutes and save time from transfers for passengers taking the metro service in the capital.
这条铁路线的建成将把两个机场之间的通勤时间缩短到45分钟,并为乘坐首都地铁的乘客节省换乘时间。
Manufacturers are thus working on fast-charging technologies to shorten charging time while ensuring safety.
因此,制造商正在研究快速充电技术,以缩短充电时间,同时确保安全。
As such, adoption of the system can effectively shorten the time for custom declaration from the previous one to two days to an average of six hours, with a clearance rate within 12 hours reaching 94 percent.
因此,采用该系统可以有效地将报关时间从以前的一到两天缩短到平均六个小时,12小时内的通关率达到94%。
"The very construction of the modules adopts integrated construction solutions, which is the first in the world in the LNG modular parts building sector," said Zhuang Hongchang, the project manager with COOEC, a unit of the State-owned oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corp. COOEC leveraged improved modular integration techniques, which help halve the on-site installation workload, shorten the construction period and save on costs, Zhuang said.
国有石油巨头中国海洋石油总公司旗下COOEC的项目经理庄宏昌表示:“模块的建造采用了集成的施工解决方案,这在液化天然气模块化部件建造领域是世界上第一个。”COOEC利用改进的模块化集成技术,将现场安装工作量减半,缩短施工周期,节省成本,庄说。
They are integrated into one independent department for each industrial scenario, so as to shorten product development cycles, and focus on achieving key breakthroughs.
针对每个行业场景,它们被整合为一个独立的部门,以缩短产品开发周期,并专注于实现关键突破。
Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, said at a meeting in late March that these dedicated teams are meant to shorten the distance between customer needs and the solutions Huawei can offer, open up a fast and concise delivery process, and reduce material consumption and loss while delivering solutions to customers.
华为创始人任正非在3月底的一次会议上表示,这些专门的团队旨在缩短客户需求与华为所能提供的解决方案之间的距离,开辟快速简洁的交付流程,在向客户交付解决方案的同时减少材料消耗和损失。
"We helped a game developer shorten the download time of a game from one hour to three minutes via our unique peer-to-peer transfer solutions," Wang said.
Operating three times weekly, the direct flights to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and Kuching in Sarawak will reduce logistics costs by over 50 percent for Sabah and Sarawak customers and shorten average delivery time by two days, from 14 to 12 days or as fast as seven days, the company said in a press release.
"For instance, we helped a game developer to shorten the download time of a game from one hour to three minutes via our unique peer-to-peer transfer solution," Wang said.
Xing Ronghua, president of the production and supply chain division for trade unit at Nippon Paint China, explained, a comprehensive production and supply mapping can help facilities nationwide use raw materials more efficiently and shorten transportation distances, which in turn can reduce carbon emissions throughout production and delivery.
"Through use of the hybrid cloud platform, companies can shorten the development time by 84 percent and reduce operational costs by 75 percent," Miao said.
Once it is operational, the 142-kilometer railway will shorten travel time between Jakarta and Bandung to 40 minutes.
"More importantly, it helped shorten the psychological distance between me and others and filled me with confidence," the professional painter in Shanghai said.
To address such inadequacies, Amber Weather has turned to multiple channels to shorten the distance with users.
More efforts will also be made to gradually shorten the negative list and expand the positive list in the future.
Located next to the company's major customers and its advanced production capacity, the new factory will significantly increase the efficiency of the regional supply chain, shorten the lead time, and provide a more stable and efficient supply of caps for dairy and beverage producers, Tetra Pak said in a statement.
"The reservation model could effectively shorten the waiting time for each ride, thereby enhancing the overall experience," said Qiu Tai, an annual pass holder in her 30s who visits the park once or twice a month.
The nation will look to shorten the negative list for foreign investment and encourage financial institutions to increase foreign trade loans to cope with the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak and maintain steady progress in foreign trade and investment, according to a policy decision made at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.
Ikea, the Swedish furniture and home furnishing retailer, recently offered a financial plan to greatly shorten payment time for its suppliers and service providers in China in a bid to support local manufacturing capability and supply chains.
Ideally, the Amorepacific-Alibaba office is designed to shorten the average length for new product introduction to six to nine months, from the typical 24 months taken by many Japanese and South Korean cosmetic companies, said Hu Weixiong, general manager of fast-moving consumer goods practice at Alibaba's Tmall site.
With its business covering trading, logistics, distribution and retail sectors, the company will adopt more digital solutions to upgrade the entire supply chain management system and establish a global smart supply chain to shorten the response cycle.
Based on big data analysis, AliExpress also trained its sights on setting up pre-storage warehouses so that sought-after items can be preemptively deployed to shorten delivery time.
The new plant will also shorten the production cycle and reduce transportation costs for its clients in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta.
For airlines, taking delivery of new planes by the end of December could shorten long waits once regulators clear the MAX for commercial service.
"Thanks to our auto-valuation and one-stop service, we can help shorten the period of project match-making by one to two weeks and trim the period of account opening by two working days on average," Zhao said.
Moreover, the online retailer will help promote the digitalization of 15,000 offline stores, and aims to shorten delivery time in towns and counties.
This will help to shorten the time to market and accelerate the company's organic growth.
"Ideally, the Amorepacific-Alibaba office is designed to shorten the average length for new product introduction to six to nine months, from the typical 24 months by many Japanese and South Korean cosmetic companies, said Hu Weixiong, general manager of fast-moving consumer goods practice at Alibaba's Tmall site.
He said Shukun's AI technology can shorten diagnosis procedures from over 30 to just five minutes.
Dubbed as Feikuai, or Coffee Now, the Seattle-based coffee chain said the move is part of its delivery service and is designed to shorten the longer waiting times.
They are also eyeing to shorten delivery procedures through technological upgrade to trim the waiting time for European consumers who shop from China’s AliExpress shopping platform, a retail site also owned by Alibaba that sells exclusively to overseas customers.
Liu Wei, chairman of Pci-Suntek Technology Co based in Guangdong, called for the setting up of a comprehensive transportation service platform, to shorten travel time in the Bay Area spreading over 56,000 square kilometers.
We made major adjustments to our product lines last year and took steps to shorten the time spent on research and development," he said.
"Taobao Choice has adopted a manufacturer-to-consumer approach, where the combination of Alibaba's customer insights and established global brands' manufacturing capabilities can effectively shorten the supply chain, and accelerate the entire product launch and go-to-market processes.
For instance, China implemented a new registration policy to shorten approval time for imported non-special use cosmetic products on Nov 10 nationwide.
To further help, this September, Feihe and the China Standard Institute set up a fresh formula standards system, to shorten the gaps between domestic dairy producers and international leading players.
Wu Dongming, CEO of DHL Express China and Global Management Board Member, said the company will fully leverage the 55-kilometer-long bridge to shorten express transportation from the west of the Pearl River to Hong Kong from four hours to 45 minutes.
Such warehouses enable Jolly to shorten the delivery time to two days from the previous 10 to 15 days, Li said.
This new service, which is the first of its kind in China, would shorten food delivery time to an average of 20 minutes.
"Such a hybrid energy storage system can shorten the charging time, ensure more reliable operation and protect the environment," Li said, adding that the tram could be charged in 30 seconds when it stops at stations.
Wumart has carried out its online-to-offline services through its mobile application Dmall to serve more consumers in the New Retail digital age, requiring more brick-and-mortar stores to shorten delivery distances between stores and consumers, Yu said.
The maiden flight, which took off on Thursday linking Hangzhou and Moscow, will effectively shorten transportation time from China to Europe to five days.
The upcoming tunnel is expected to shorten the ride between Chittagong Airport to a planned industrial park, from 4 hours to 20 minutes.
"We plan to go public and moving to an impoverished county will shorten the waiting time," he said.
To achieve the goal, it is expected to reduce the car travel by 30 percent and shorten commuting time by public transport by 30 percent.
Chinese industry is becoming more and more global just like EPC players-and Siemens will help them enhance production efficiency and flexibility, product quality and shorten the time-to-market for new products, said Neike.
This will help shorten the C919's review procedure in obtaining an airworthiness certificate by the FAA, although the aircraft still faces various other safety checks.
Apple on Thursday denied that it has ever done anything to intentionally shorten the life of a product.
Too much noise will also shorten an aircraft's service life, he said.
This not only helps shorten the construction period but makes it easier to train local workers with relatively low requirement for technical level, he said.
The 688-km rail that stretches from Pengkalan Kubor in Kelantan to Port Klang in Selangor is set to shorten the travelling time between Malaysia's East and West from seven to 12 hours to less than four hours.
"We have taken a series of steps to shorten the operational chain and delivery time.
By linking the two major Southeast Asian countries, the railway will shorten the travel time between the two capitals from four hours to 90 minutes.
Guo emphasized the need to shorten the negative lists for foreign investment access in pilot FTZs in an appropriate manner, introduce a negative list for cross-border trade in services as soon as possible, and expand international cooperation in the fields of digital identity, e-payment and electronic bills.
The government, He said, will continue to shorten China's negative lists for foreign investment access in both pilot free trade zones or FTZs and other parts of the country.
China will continue to shorten negative lists for foreign investment and promote high-level opening up to ensure that China remains a popular destination for foreign investment, the spokesperson said.
He said the country would shorten the negative list and relax restrictions for foreign investment access, and increase the openness of the modern service industry.
The opening of the direct route to South America has helped shorten shipping time by at least five days, compared to the previous transshipment transportation route, further reducing logistics costs and times for import and export enterprises, Shen said.
Midgley said it is not a US objective to shorten the lists.
The MOC will work with relevant departments to shorten the country's negative list for foreign investment access.
It will work with relevant departments to shorten the country's negative list for foreign investment access, and continue to expand market access for foreign investment.
Given the slowdown in global economic recovery and the decline in cross-border investment, China will continue to shorten the negative list for foreign investment access and offer timely assistance to overseas companies to help them solve their problems, said Guo Tingting, vice-minister of commerce.
With steady progress in advancing high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the initiative is expected to continue to make emerging economies stronger and shorten the growth gap between landlocked and coastal areas in many parts of the world, Gao said.
Zhou said that China will appropriately shorten the negative list for foreign investment to further cancel or relax restrictions on market access.
Zhou Qiang, director of the department of market system development of the Ministry of Commerce, said China will appropriately shorten the negative list for foreign investment to further cancel or relax restrictions on market access.
Under the framework, companies that obtain AEO status in the two countries will enjoy simplified customs procedures, such as reduced examination and prioritized clearance, which will significantly shorten customs clearance time and reduce storage and logistics costs.
To sustain their export growth, many exporters have made efforts to shorten the cycle from industrial development to foreign trade growth by increasing investment in research and development on the one hand, and expanding the pace of opening-up and going global on the other, so that their products could have a better chance of gaining greater recognition and access in the global market.
- China will appropriately shorten the negative list for foreign investment, as part of efforts to promote high-level opening up, an official said Wednesday.
In addition, to help enterprises out of difficulties and reduce burdens, the administration guided testing agencies to optimize technical methods, provide more remote solutions and shorten approval times.
"The service would greatly shorten the time for Hong Kong-funded enterprises to apply for a business presence in Dongguan," said Zeng Lingqun, deputy director of the business registration department at the Dongguan Market Regulation Bureau.
The canal will shorten the voyage of goods entering the gulf in southwestern China by around 560 kilometers, with a depth that will allow a ship to carry 5,000 tons of cargo.
"Our solutions help the enterprises shorten the response time between detecting and fixing faults by 40 percent and raise the production efficiency by 10 percent," said Pan Hongsheng, ecology director of Micro Intelligence.
"The China-Europe freight train service helps save logistics costs and shorten the delivery time.
The train helps to cut logistics cost, shorten transportation time and expand global market for local companies, authorities said.
Cui said that he believes the government will continue to shorten the negative list and expand market access and that the government should make a big push to transform government functions and improve the business climate.
The CBIRC required insurers to abide by laws of agricultural production, further shorten the time limit for loss assessment and effectively protect the rights and interests of insured farming households.
The port has also launched a road-rail transit service to shorten delivery times.
Chi Fulin, president of the China (Hainan) Institute for Reform and Development, said member economies should ramp up joint efforts to shorten the transition periods toward promised full tariff elimination for key raw materials and components.
China will further shorten the negative list on foreign investment, facilitate services for foreign-funded enterprises and projects, and foster a law-based, international and convenient business environment to share its market opportunities globally, said Gao.
Nation to further shorten negative list for foreign investment, vice-minister saysChina's efforts to make more contributions to the forming of new, high-standard international economic and trade rules, while aligning with existing rules, will create more market opportunities to benefit world economic growth, according to experts and business leaders.
"In addition, we expect China to open up more … We expect more steps to lower import tariffs, ease capital flows and shorten the 'negative list' on foreign investment. "
The country will also further shorten the negative list for foreign investment, and expand the opening of telecommunication, healthcare and other services in an orderly fashion.
We will further shorten the negative lists on the market access of foreign investment, zero out the manufacturing items on the negative list in pilot free trade zones, and keep easing access to the services sector.
China will further shorten the negative list for foreign investment and keep lowering the threshold for market access for the services sector, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.
During the voyage, the port joint inspection unit kept abreast of the ship's itinerary and the health of the crew, and built an entry channel for the expo exhibits to shorten the waiting time for ships at anchor, said the paper.
China will continue to shorten the negative list for market access this year, as part of the country's ongoing efforts to optimize its business environment and introduce greater opening-up, according to analysts.
"The government's continued efforts to shorten the negative list will help further ease the market access in a wider range and in larger fields," he said.
In the new form of exhibition, full links under cross-border e-commerce will greatly shorten the time to reach trade for buyers and exhibitors, and improve the efficiency of orders.
Update will help global investors to boost high-quality developmentChina will further shorten the negative lists for foreign investment access to its markets this year, offering more business opportunities for global investors to participate in its high-quality development, said officials and experts.
Another measure in the pipeline will shorten the time of export tax rebates, he said.
China will further shorten the negative list for foreign investment to build a higher-standard open economy, he said.
考试真题例句(机器翻译仅供参考)

考研It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television .

似乎大多数人如果能缩短上班时间,花更多时间与朋友和家人在一起,少看电视,生活会更好。

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Instead of describing sounds we must make up words that imitate them; we must use many sizes of type and different colored inks on the same page, and shorten or lengthen words at will.

我们不必描述声音,而必须编出模仿它们的单词;我们必须在同一页上使用多种尺寸的字体和不同颜色的墨水,并随意缩短或加长单词。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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