1·If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panic remains what it has always been.
如果犹豫不决的时间被缩短了，焦虑和恐慌的真正根源就仍然是它本身。
2·She bemoans the way electronic media, with their demand for spectacle and brevity, have shortened our attention spans.
她对追求壮观和简洁的电子媒体很是不满，认为电子媒体缩短了我们的注意力。
3·Some western companies have reportedly shortened their supply chains recently, European businesses moving production from east Asia to eastern Europe or north Africa.
有报道称，一些西方企业近期缩短了自己的供应链，如欧洲企业将生产从东亚迁往东欧或北非。
4·When we blocked the function of the ABCC9 homolog in the fly nervous system, the duration of nocturnal sleep was shortened.
当我们阻碍了果蝇神经系统中类似ABCC9的同种基因发挥作用时，果蝇的夜间睡眠时间就缩短了。
5·Type name cleanup - many type names have been shortened, resulting breaking changes.
类型名的清理——许多类型名称被缩短了，这会造成破坏性的改变。