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shorten
及物動詞
1. The new highway shortens the trip.
新公路使旅程縮短了。
1. 縮短：莊家一般來講,當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)賭資的比重分布不均勻時,都會用降低賠率價格(或者說是縮短(Shorten)賠率)來達(dá)到阻礙更多的賭資的加入. 但是,在如上的情況下,莊家是沒有啥辦法來調(diào)控了,除非他宣布不再接受新的賭注了,
2. 減低......效能：settle 解決(問題等) | shorten 減低......效能 | show 顯示,表明
1. (使)時間變短;縮短(…的時間)
If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
e.g. Smoking can shorten your life...
吸煙會縮短你的壽命。
e.g. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
因慶祝勞工節(jié)，這個交易日交易時間縮短了。
2. 縮短…的長度;(物體)變短
If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
e.g. Her father paid ￡1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose...
她父親花了 1,000 英鎊給她做了削鼻手術(shù)。
e.g. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
細(xì)胞變小后就會更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
3. 縮寫,縮短(名字等)
If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
e.g. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
她原先叫 Lili (莉莉)，最后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。
4. to shorten the odds -> see odds