shorten

短くする、短くなる

長さや時間を短くする、または短くなる。

やさしい英語で： To make something less long, or to become less long.

• Can you shorten these trousers?
• We shortened the meeting by half an hour.
• The days shorten as winter approaches.

使い方： shorten something by something (She shortened the skirt by five centimeters.); shorten something to something (Please shorten your speech to ten minutes.)

類義語： reduce, cut, abridge

反対語： lengthen, extend

よく使う表現： shorten a skirt, shorten the journey, shorten a speech

減らす、削減する

何かの量や数を少なくする。

やさしい英語で： To make the amount or quantity of something smaller.

• They shortened the sailors’ food allowance.
• The captain shortened their daily ration again.
• Poor harvests had shortened the supply of grain.

類義語： reduce, decrease, lessen

反対語： increase

よく使う表現： shorten the allowance, shorten the supply