高考Abridged dictionaries, such as pocket and desk dictionaries, are shortened.

缩略词典，如袖珍和书桌词典，被缩短。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 任务型读写 原文

六级If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panic remains what it has always been.

若拖拉脚跟的时间缩短了，那个么焦虑和恐慌的真正根源仍然是它一直以来的样子。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Just because emails are a quick form of communication, it doesn't mean emails, especially business emails, should be written using informal, shortened forms of words.

仅仅因为电子邮件是一种快速的交流方式，并不意味着电子邮件，尤其是商务电子邮件，应该使用非正式的缩写形式。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

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

六级“It’s an outrage that any American’s life expectancy should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went bankrupt and ended health-care coverage,” said the former chairman of the International Steel Group.

国际钢铁集团前主席表示：“仅仅因为他们工作的公司破产并终止了医疗保险，任何美国人的预期寿命都应该缩短，这令人愤慨。”。

2007年12月英语六级真题

四级Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

裙摆加长或缩短；颈部线条降低或升高等等。

1993年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

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