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。

Her father paid $5,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.

她父亲为一个缩短她的鼻子的手术花了$5000。

Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.

小事故会缩短汽车寿命。

If they merely make fewer errors, then we can shorten the practice.

如果他们的错误减少了，我们就可以减少练习量。

If the listener is not paying attention, it's your sign to shorten the story or change direction.

如果听者不专心，这表明你应该缩短故事或改变话题。

It was finished in 2019, helping shorten the 18-km distance over the mountain to 5.7 km.

隧道于2019年竣工，将18公里的路程缩短至5.7公里。

Starting this month, the new Xi'an Chengdu high speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.

从这个月开始，新的西安成都高铁将把旅行时间缩短到3个小时。

It's going to shorten your life.

将缩短你的生命。

Obesity can shorten your life.

肥胖还会缩短人的寿命。

Shorten your stride.

缩短你的跨步。

To shorten the time of pre-purchasing 50%

缩短预购买的时间50%

You only have to shorten the name you have.

你只要缩短你的名字就好啦。

The key here is to shorten your feedback cycle.

关键是去缩短你的反应周期。

We can shorten it to the following expression.

我们可以简化成如下表达式

You can also use a shorten form—My name’s... .

你也可以使用它的简略形式My name’s...（我的名字是……）。

Why not shorten the process and start with the story?

为什么不缩短这个流程，从素材开始呢？

A few simple ways to shorten the header's height.

缩小页眉高度的简单方法。

So, many people now shorten words to speed up the process.

因此，现在许多人都通过缩短单词来加快拼写的速度。

Shorten development schedules halfway through the project.

在项目中途缩短开发时间。

Movies of course, shorten the story more than TV series.

电影当然跟电视剧相比浓缩了故事。

That has created a business: services that shorten long links.

这种相反相成的矛盾促成了一种生意：将长链接缩短的服务。

Shorten development cycles and promote rapid release schedules.

缩短开发周期，促进快速发行计划。

It was clear to me that they needed to shorten their iterations.

我当时很清楚：他们需要缩短迭代周期。

Is it possible to shorten the cycle so that wait times drop?

是否有可能缩减循环时间，这样等待时间就得到了降低？

This will shorten the neck and alter the models body proportions.

这样会让脖子变得很短，而且会改变脖子和身体的比例。

And I decided to shorten my sights somewhat and change only my country.

我决定把目光稍微放近点，只是想改变自己的国家。