shortens

常見例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• The days shorten in winter.
  冬天晝短。
• The days are rapidly shortening.
  白晝正在很快變短。
• The coat shortened after washing.
  這件上衣水洗后變短了。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• Can you shorten this dress for me?
  你能為我把這條連衣裙改短嗎?
• The new highway shortens the trip.
  新公路縮短旅程。
• They shortened the journey by telling stories.
  他們講故事來消磨旅途時間。
• The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a little?
  這信太長了,你是不是把它改短一點?
• The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.
  這項法案的目的在于限制反對黨的力量。
• It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.
  有人提議把這根鋼管切短。
• His life was shortened by trouble.
  他的壽命因煩勞而縮短了。
• Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.
  他們因天氣不好而興致不高了。

用作動詞 (v.)

• Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
  我讓他把我的褲子弄短點。
• All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
  你要做的只是將袖子弄短，而不是將整件衣服拆開。
• The days are beginning to shorten.
  白天開始變短了。
• The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.
  那些從橋上過壓緊橋面的車輛會導(dǎo)致路面上半部分的壓縮，使其想被壓縮的彈簧一樣變短。
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