The employees made an appeal to reduce the number of hours of work.

员工们提出了缩短工时的请求。

Deep familial and cultural ties across the border shrink the distance between them even more.

美墨深厚的家族和文化渊源进一步缩短了的距离。

They do, however, limit the possible range of dates.

然而它们确缩短了可推算的时跨度。

Napoleon's insatiable ambition cut short his rule, but his reputation continued to grow.

拿破仑贪得无厌的野心缩短了他的统治时，但他的声望却与日俱增。

Company executives said the shorter working week resulted in additional benefits.

公司高管层表示每周工作时的缩短带来了额外的好处。

Officials in the Piedmont region closed schools in Turin, and Venice cut its Carnival short.

皮埃蒙特区的官员关闭了都灵市的学校，威尼也缩短了狂欢节的延续时。

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。

A hard life and weak health made Robert Bums's life short.

生活艰苦和体质孱弱缩短了罗伯特·彭的寿命。

China shortened the quarantine period for international travelers.

中缩短了际旅客的隔离时。

The company has reduced hours at some stores, a Walmart spokeswoman said.

据沃尔玛的一位发言人透露，公司已经缩短了部分门店的营业时。

In fact, Canada's foreign minister cut short a trip to Europe and is flying to Washington today.

，加拿大外交部长缩短了在欧洲的访问行程，今天将飞往华盛顿。

The government in Egypt has shortened a widely imposed night curfew in response to demands from citizens.

出于对公众要求的回应，埃及政府缩短了广泛施的宵禁。

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，也阻碍了食料植物的生长。

Still, technology has shortened Pharnext's path in ways with promising long-term implications, shaving years off the drug-design timeline.

但科技缩短了Pharnext的研发道路，带来了有前途的长远影响，缩短了药物设计的时。

A judge rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and insured Crumbley will not get a chance for parole.

法官拒绝了其缩短刑期的请求，并保证克朗伯利不会有假释的机会。

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is cutting short a trip to the US and vowed to strike back hard.

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)缩短了对美的访问，并誓言要“大力反击”。

Our devices, like our phones and computers, steal our time, they reduce our motivation, and even shorten our attention spans.

我们的设备，如手机和电脑，偷走了我们的时，降低了我们的动力，甚至缩短了我们的注意力。

This shortening of syllables preserves the overall sentence rhythm. Listen to the clip again.

这种音节的缩短保留了整个句子的节奏。再听一遍剪辑。

The rider approaches, rapidly closing the gap between them.

骑手逼近，迅速缩短了彼此的距离。

I think it's shaving years off my life.

我觉得这缩短了我的寿命。