shorter

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基本释义

  • adj.短的( short的比较级 ); 不够; 短缺的; 短期的

实用例句

The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.

这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。

柯林斯例句

Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.

贝丝因比她的两个朋友个子都矮而感到很不自在。

柯林斯例句

The articles are noticeably shorter with strong headlines and graphics.

这些文章明显短了许多,并且配上了醒目的标题和图表。

柯林斯例句

Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.

自动化会使工作周缩短,也更为灵活。

柯林斯例句

Tactical nuclear weapons have shorter ranges.

战术核武器的威力范围较小。

柯林斯例句

Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.

蓝光的波长比红光的短。

柯林斯例句

Shorter hemlines are back in this season.

本季又重新时兴较短的衣裙。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Many factories are switching over to a shorter working week.

很多工厂都在减少每周的工作日数.

《简明英汉词典》

The shorter children are to sit at the front.

个子矮的孩子坐在前边.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Jack is shorter than Tom by a head.

杰克比汤姆矮一头.

《简明英汉词典》

The days get shorter after the Summer Solstice.

过了夏至,天就开始变短.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.

附信不应超过一页,通常来说,一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。

柯林斯例句

Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.

今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。

柯林斯例句

Why don't you take a leaf out of Anne's book and have your hair cut shorter?

你为什么不效法安妮,也把头发剪短些 呢 ?

《简明英汉词典》

If you set the boy among those tall children, he looks even shorter.

你若让这孩子站在高大的孩子中, 他看上去显得更矮.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

They wanted to work shorter hours.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

But a shorter working week would enable us to redistribute hours from the overworked to the under worked.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Internal recovery refers to the shorter periods of relaxation that take place within the frames of the work day or the work setting in the form of short scheduled or unscheduled breaks, by shifting at physical resources required for the initial task are t

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose babies slept elsewhere in the house: They woke up more frequently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

The idea that all energy and wealth comes from the sun really intrigued him He thought the shorter the distance between the sun and the end product, the higher the profit to the farmer.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly tended to live shorter lives.

2009年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

A more direct finding is that people who scored high for negative emotions like anxiety looked at others for shorter periods of time and reported more comfortable feelings when others did not look directly at them.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ