缩短

suōduǎn

shorten; cut down; cut short

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cut; shorten; abbreviate; abridge; condense; curtail; short-circuit; telescope

【医】 decurtate; decurtation

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cut; shorten; abbreviate; abridge; condense; curtail

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suō duǎn

v. shorten, curtail, cut down

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suo1 duan3

to curtail, to cut down

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缩短

suō duǎn

shorten; curtail; cut down; cut; take-up; tuck; foreshortening （投影）; contraction; shortening; curtailing; shrinkage; shrinking:

缩短差距 narrow the gap (between ... and ...);

缩短工作时间 shorten hours;

缩短篇幅 cut down the number of pages;

缩短时间 shorten the time;

缩短假期 curtail one's holidays;

缩短距离 reduce the distance; narrow the gap;

缩短妇女退休年限 move up the retirement age for women;

缩短学制 shorten the period of schooling;

把报告缩短一半 cut the report down to half its length;

把停留时间缩短两天 cut short one's stay by two days;

缩短基本建设 curtailing capital construction; slash the capital construction; narrow the scope of capital construction;

缩短战线 contract the front

缩短电容器 shortening capacitor;

缩短酒龄 shortening wine age;

缩短童期 shortening the juvenile phase;

缩短育种年限 shortening the breeding cycle

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縮短|缩短 [suō duǎn] ► to curtail ► to cut down