1·Eventually, the western states diverted much of their produce from the rivers to the Erie Canal, a shorter route to eastern markets.
最终，西部各州将大部分农产品从河流转移到伊利运河，这是一条通往东部市场的较短路线。
2·Stonebridge is one of the shorter tracks, but very steep as it takes you up to the waterfall and you do need to be in good condition to manage it.
石桥是较短的路线之一，但是非常陡峭，因为它将带您直达瀑布，而且您确实需要在良好状态下才能应对。
3·Shorter hemlines are back in this season.
本季又重新时兴较短的衣裙。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·This works best with large blocks of text, but the approach can still be used when dealing with shorter phrases.
这种方法适用于大型文本块，但是在处理较短的短语时仍然可以使用这种方法。
5·They have more flexible contracts and shorter agreements which allow them to move across to colocation and other hosting sites much more easily than the top end of town.
他们有更灵活的合同和较短的协议，允许他们比市镇里的高端企业更容易从一个托管节点转移到另一个托管节点。
1·Do you read it, scan it or skip over it to something shorter?
你是阅读它，浏览它，还是跳过它去看更短的东西?
2·Even shorter times away from work for working fathers are already difficult.
对于有工作的父亲来说，就算是更短时间地逃离工作也已经很困难了。
3·A shorter working week would enable us to redistribute hours from the overworked to the underworked.
一个更短的工作周将使我们能够重新分配工作时间，把工作从过度工作的人身上转移到工作不足的人身上。
4·This path will be easier and shorter for all of us if we take it by mutual efforts and in close rank.
如果我们共同努力并密切合作，这条道路对我们大家都将更容易和更短。
5·At City Hospital, uninsured patients tend to have shorter stays and fewer procedures performed than do insured patients.
在城市医院，没有保险的病人往往比有保险的病人拥有更短的住院时间和更少的手术。
1·I'm thinner than you, and shorter.
我比你更瘦，而且更矮。
2·Whenever I tried to bend myself in order to appear shorter, he would tell me, "Stand straight and tall, Alisa."
每当我试图弯腰让自己看起来更矮时，他就会告诉我：“挺直腰板，艾丽莎。”
3·Why? Why, at every opportunity, do Englishmen choose the route that makes them look fatter, shorter and more childish?
为什么英国男人偏偏选择了让他们显得更肥、更矮或更幼稚的着装路线？
4·According to witness testimonies, the victim changed physically, became shorter, weakened quickly, became calm and silent and died within fifteen minutes.
目击者的证言称，受害者体格上发生了变化，变得更矮，迅速虚弱，变得沉默平静，最终在15分钟时死亡。
5·Alice is shorter than Kitty and Danny.
艾丽丝是比基蒂和丹尼更矮。