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今天我们要学的词是 shorten. Shorten 动词，是缩短的意思。A new study has found that obesity¹ can shorten your life by as many as 8 years. 一项最新研究发现，肥胖能让人的寿命最多减少八年。Macao shortened the stay for Chinese passport holders² from seven to five days in mid³ 2014. 2014年年中时，澳门宣布将持中国护照者在澳门的停留时间从七天缩短到五天。Amazon has installed 15,000 robots ahead of the holiday season to help shorten delivery times. 亚马逊在购物季节来到前，启用了一万五千个机器人，设法缩短送货时间。好的，今天我们学习的词是 shorten, shorten, shorten...

1 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

2 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

3 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。