An " abbreviation" is a shortening of a word.

“缩写”是将一个词缩短。

A cellist is always shortening and lengthening the strings.

大提琴演奏家总是在压缩或拉长弦。

And it turns out, stress may actually accelerate the shortening of these telomeres.

而实际上，压力会加速这些端粒变短。

There are many ways, such as shortening.

有很多方法，例如缩略。

Here's the bad news: a 2013 study found that the Arctic flowering season is shortening.

一项2013年进行研究发现，北极花期正在逐渐缩短。

" Proposals for shortening approval procedures in planning appeals" ?

" 缩短申请上诉手续提案" ？

So, the issue here is that we are shortening the words " should have" or " could have" .

这里问题是我们把单词 should have 或 could have 缩写了。

Oh, well, if you must know, there's going to be a shortening of the wages bill around here.

如果你非要问，这里发薪水要变少了。

A portmanteau is a word made from shortening and combining two other words.

合成词是由另两个词缩写和重组而形成词。

Another way to use vague language is when shortening a list.

模糊语言另一个用法就是用于缩略一长串内容。

The first two, shortening muscle fibers and lengthening them, generate opposing forces.

前两种包括收缩型肌肉纤维和伸长型肌肉纤维，彼此会产生相对作用力。

But aren't you shortening her life by giving her so much?

咱们给她那么大分量岂不是要缩短她寿命吗？

Despite Jeb Bush's plans, America will most likely follow the shortening work week trend.

尽管杰布·布什有着那划，美国人工作时间变得更短是大势所趋。

The shortening or foregoing of the theatrical window has ruffled the feathers of theater owners.

影院放映缩减已惹怒了影视公司们。

The sledge, shortening this route, took a chord of the arc described by the railway.

雪橇从弧线内直行穿过，缩短了这条铁路形成弧行路线。

The Prime Minister Victor Orban is shortening an overnight curfew and many shops and services will reopen.

总理维克多·欧尔班缩短了宵禁时间，许多商店和服务场所将重新开门营业。

In the Rockies, rising temperatures are shortening winter hibernation and stifling the growth of valuable food plants.

在落基山脉升高气温缩短了冬眠时间，也阻碍了食料植物生长。

But if you're shortening the delivery period and not increasing the pay offer, something has to give somewhere.

但是，即使你减少交期却不增加价格，你总得在别方面给点吧。

For another eternity they fought and swayed, side by side, and Scarlett could see that the lines of fire were shortening.

不知又过了多久，她们两人并肩战斗，极力挣扎，好不容易思嘉才看见那一道道火焰在逐渐缩短了。

Their telomeres weren't shortening as time marched on.

随着时间推移， 他们端粒并没有缩短。