A cellist is always shortening and lengthening the strings.

大提琴演奏家总是在压或拉长弦。

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

这里的问题是我们把单词 should have 或 could have 写了。

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

两种包括收型肌肉纤维和伸长型肌肉纤维，彼此会产生相对的作用力。

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

模糊语言的另一个用法就是用于略一长串内容。

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

咱们给她那么大的分量岂不是要她的寿命吗？

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

合成词是由另外两个词的写和重组而形成的词。

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

影院放映的减已惹怒了影视公司们。

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是大势所趋。

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，了这条铁路形成的弧行路线。

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。

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

总理维克多·欧尔班了宵禁时间，许多商店和服务场所将重新开门营业。

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了。

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，你总得在别的方面给点吧。

An " abbreviation" is a shortening of a word.

“写”是将一个词。

The health-food granola that you're used to, is really not healthy since it's typically made with butter, shortening, and or sugar.

你熟知的健康食品麦片其实并不健康，因为它一般由黄油、起酥油或糖制成。

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。

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。

In a presentation to Podhorzer's group, McReynolds detailed the importance of absentee ballots for shortening lines at polling places and preventing an election crisis.

在向Podhorzer的小组做报告时，mccreynolds详细阐述了缺席投票对投票站排队和防止举危机的重要性。

These striations are caused by the arrangement of the protein molecules within the fibers that produce shortening or contraction of the fiber.

这些横纹是由纤维内使其收的蛋白质分子排列而形成的。

Shortening of the fleshy part of the muscle produces movement at the joint by pulling on the tendon. The tendon itself does not change in length.

肌肉肌腹可通过拉动肌腱使关节运动。肌腱本身的长度并没有变化。