shorter
['ʃɔ:tə]
adj. 较短的
例句与用法:
The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.
他们与雇主达成的协议是他们在工资方面降低要求,但每周工时要缩短。
The days are shorter in (the) winter-time.
冬季白天较短。
We outsmarted them and got there first by taking a shorter route.
我们比他们机灵,抄近道先到了。
The unions bargained (with management) for a shorter working week.
工会为缩短工作周而(与资方)讨价还价。
I took the hems of my dresses up to make them shorter.
我把我的连衣裙都改短了。
We now know that X-ray waves are 2,000 to 10,000 times shorter than light waves.
我们现在知道X光波比光波短二千到一万倍。
He seems much shorter without his shoes on.
他没穿鞋,看上去矮多了。
This street is four times shorter than that one.
这条街道比那条短四倍。
词形变化:
名词: shortener | 动词过去式: shortened | 动词过去分词: shortened | 动词现在分词: shortening | 动词第三人称单数: shortens |
shorter
词形变化:
名词: shortener | 动词过去式: shortened | 动词过去分词: shortened | 动词现在分词: shortening | 动词第三人称单数: shortens |
同义词:
abbreviate | abridge | cut | curtail | contract | reduce | condense | compress | diminish | cut down | telescope | cut back | truncate | take up | shrink | lessen | limit | retrench | dock | decrease | trim | synopsize | clip | summarize | edit | narrow | brief | breviate | digest | prune | shear | pollard | lop | slash | down | simplify | boil down | cut short | short | stunt | lower | boil | castrate | expurgate | bowdlerise | foreshorten | bowdlerize |
反义词:
lengthen |
shorter
形容词 short:
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
同义词:short
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
同义词:short
low in stature; not tall
同义词:short
not sufficient to meet a need
同义词:inadequate, poor, short
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
同义词:unretentive, forgetful, short
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
同义词:short
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
同义词:short
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
lacking foresight or scope
同义词:short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
同义词:short
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
同义词:brusque, brusk, curt, short
shorter
■Short pleasure, long lament.
[谚]痛快一时,痛苦一世。
■A short horse is soon curried.
[谚]矮马容易刷洗; 小事易办。
■Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
[谚]话若投机嫌日短。
■A grownup man can't change from short to tall in height.
一个成年人不能在身高上由矮变高。
■A good typist can finish typing the long article in a short while.
一位好打字员可在短短时间内完成这一长长的文章。
■A newspaper pal got him a blind date, choosing Alice because she was the only girl reporter shorter than he.
一报社朋友给他介绍对象,选中的阿莉斯,因为她是惟一个子比他矮的女记者。
■We had to set out on short notice.
一接到通知,我们就出发了。
■After a short burst of enthusiasm, she relapsed into her usual apathy.
一阵热情爆发之后,他又回复到往常一样的冷漠了。
■The last time I went to that pub I was given short measure.
上次我去那家酒吧,喝的酒分量不足。
■She stepped short from the boat, and fell into the river.
下船时,她步子迈得太小,掉到河里了。
■However short the journey is, you always get something to eat on this airline.
不管航程多麽短,这一班机上都有些吃的。
■Don't connect up the two wires, or there will be a short circuit.
不要把这两条电线接在一起,否则会短路的。
■Nothing short of this could mend the case.
不这样就不能挽回局面。
■Henry's note to his father was short and sweet.
亨利写给父亲的信简明扼要。
■It is but a few short years from diaper to dignity and from dignity to decomposition.
从尿布到尊严、又从尊严到解体,只不过是短短的一段岁月而已。
■In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.
从眼前来看,这药可能疗效不是很大。
■It's a short walk from there.
从那里走一小段路就到了。
■He took careful aim, but his shot fell short.
他仔细瞄准,但子弹没射中目标。
■The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.
他们与雇主达成的协议是他们在工资方面降低要求,但每周工时要缩短。
■Their food is running short.
他们的食物不够了。
■They are short of food and clothes.
他们缺吃少穿。
■They managed to cover quite a lot of ground in a short programme.
他们设法在一个短小的节目中包罗了多方面的内容。
■He often carries the short fuse in his pocket and joke about it afterwards.
他动不动就发火,可是过后又把它当笑话说。
■He's only away for short periods a week at the longest.
他只是短期外出--至多一周。
■He stopped short when he heard his name called.
他听到有人叫他,就突然停了下来。
■He rounded off his short speech by thanking everyone who had assisted him.
他对帮助过他的每个人表示了谢意,以此结束了他简短的讲话。
■He shot an arrow, but it fell short of the target.
他射了一箭,但没有射中靶。
■He finished his work in short order.
他快速而顺利地完成了工作。
■He intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.
他打算每两小时休息一会儿。她将喝一点东西,但不吃任何固体的食物。
■He has two short articles almost ready for publication; they just need to be touched up.
他有两篇差不多可以发表的短文,它们只需稍加润色即可。
■He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.
他有许多要说明的,但又没时间开长会,所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。
■He ran down towards the main road, stopped short when he saw the police car and doubled back up the alley.
他朝大路跑去,见到警车时立即停了下来,然后折身转回胡同里去了。
■He planned to finish the writing assignment that evening but he has come short.
他本来计划当晚完成写作任务,但是没能成功。
■He seems much shorter without his shoes on.
他没穿鞋,看上去矮多了。
■His hair has been cut short.
他的头发已剪短了。
■His achievements had fallen short of his hopes.
他的成就没有达到他期望的那么大。
■His first shot, which fell short, sent up a spurt of earth.
他的第一枪没打中,扬起一股尘土。
■His behaviour falls short of accepted standards.
他的行为没达到公认的标准。
■All his observations were short and to the point.
他的观察报告都很简单扼要。
■He broke short the conversation.
他突然停止了谈话。
■He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
他给这本日记写了序言,简述日记发现的经过。
■He is famous for his nasty temper.He has a very short fuse.
他脾气坏是出了名的。他很容易激动。
■After a short rest, they took up their knapsacks and went on.
休息了一会儿之后,他们又背起背包上路了。
■But what in case there is short weight or disqualification?
但如果短重或是质量不合格怎么办?
■But the tractors still fall far short of our actual needs.
但拖拉机仍远远跟不上实际需要。
■It doesn't suit you to have your hair cut short.
你不适合剪短发。
■Your work falls short of my expectations.
你的工作未达到我的期望。
■It's not proper for you to catch him up very short.
你突然打断他的话是不恰当的。
■Can you boil down the facts to a short statement?
你能把这些事实写成一个简短的声明吗?
■The children must not go short of food.
儿童不可缺少食物。