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extend vt. & vi.(空间、时间等)延伸;延续,尽可能地伸开(身体某部);给予,提供
China has greatly extended its influence in world affairs. 在世界事务中, 中国的影响已大大地扩大了。
The bank will extend you credit. 银行会给你提供信用贷款。
It was kind of you to extend an invitation to us. 感谢你对我们的邀请。
We’re managing to extend our business. 我们正在努力扩大我们的业务。
Can we extend the noon break into 2 hours? 我们能把午休延长到两小时吗?
I’m afraid we have to extend the time of payment for another 2 months. 我恐怕我们还要把付款时间再向后延两个月。
Shorten: vt. & vi.弄短, 缩短
In winter, the days shorten. 冬天的时候,白天变短了。
My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page. 老师让我把报告缩短为一页。
I’ve asked my wife to shorten my pants. 我让我妻子把我的裤子弄短点。
May we shorten the meeting and finish before lunch? 我们能缩短会议时间,在午餐前完成吗?
The payback period will be shortened up to 2 months. 投资回收期将被缩短到两个月。
My students suggest me to extend each lesson to at least half an hour, you know what? It pissed me off, I would rather shorten it to 2 minutes, instead. 我的学生建议我把每堂课延长到半小时,你知道吗?我大为恼怒,反而会把它缩短到两分钟。