单词
shorten
读音
ˈʃɔːrtn
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英式
词根
* "Shorten"是由"short"这个词加上后缀"-en"形成，"short"意为短，"-en"是使动后缀，表达"使…成为某种状态的"的意思，所以合起来就指"使之变短"。 * 由此词根衍生的词汇还有"shortage"（短缺）、"shortcut"（捷径），等等。
释义
vt. 缩短；减少；变短 vi. 缩短；变短 [ 第三人称单数 shortens 现在分词 shortening 过去式 shortened 过去分词 shortened ]
例句
Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
强化记忆
想象一下你正在裁剪一条过长的裤子，使它"shorter"（更短）。记住这个场景，就能更好地记住"shorten"这个词。"Shorten"这个词起源于古老的英语，"short"本身源自古英语的词"scort"，分别在12世纪和14世纪被引入英语。"shorten"在词义上具有减少或简化的意思，反映了人们追求效率和方便的本质。
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And using drones,we can shorten the cold chain.Today, change is often portrayed as expensive or scary,
each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres.Those shorten every time cells replicate.When telomeres become too short,
can you change the rules of the gameand can you shorten the odds?And in order to do that, you have to think,
to shuttle the inhabitants up through the rampsin order to shorten the hikeup to the apartments.
without damaging the cell's genetic code,and they shorten with each cell division.When telomeres become too short, a cell can no longer divide and it dies.
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