An " abbreviation" is a shortening of a word.

“缩写”将一个词缩短。

A cellist is always shortening and lengthening the strings.

大提琴演奏家总在压缩或拉长弦。

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。

C) Their shortening process can be reversed.

C）它们的缩短过程可以逆转。

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年进行的研究发现，北极的花期正在逐渐缩短。

" Proposals for shortening approval procedures in planning appeals" ?

" 缩短申请上诉手续的提案" ？

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

这里的问题我们把单词 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，这里发的薪水要变少了。

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

合成词由另两个词的缩写和重组而形成的词。

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

模糊语言的另一个法就缩略一长串内容。

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，彼此会产生相对的作力。

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

咱们给她那么大的分量岂不要缩短她的寿命吗？

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

尽管杰布·布什有着那样的计划，美国人工作时间变得更短大势所趋。

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

影院放映的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的弧行路线。

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.

在落基山脉升高的气温缩短了冬眠的时间，也阻碍了食料植物的生长。

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

但，即使你减少交期却不增加价格，你总得在别的方面给点吧。

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。