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shorten verb ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBconsiderably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly 大大缩短；显著缩短◆The course has now been shortened considerably.该课程现在已大大缩短了。slightly 略微缩短PREPOSITIONby 缩短了⋯◆His driving ban has been shortened by a year.他的禁驾期缩短了一年。from, to 从⋯缩短；缩短到⋯◆The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.等待的时间已大大缩短，从 8 周降到只需 1 周。 |