shrink, compress, condense, contract
这组词都可表示“压缩”。condense指用一定的方法使物体聚缩得更紧密、结实或更浓厚、稠密,或减去不必要的部分使其体积变小,但不失去基本内容; compress指通过压〔挤,弄平〕等方式使物体变小或具有一定形状; contract指一物体由于某种原因或使用某种方法而使其体积由大变小或由长变短; shrink指长度、范围、容积等的收缩或变小。
condense，compress，contract，shrink
这些动词都含“收缩，压缩”之意。
condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。
compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。
contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。
shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。
Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水.
——《简明英汉词典》
All my jumpers have shrunk.
我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。
辞典例句
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣缩水了。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。
柯林斯例句
Double safety sealed with an outer shrink wrap film and an inner bottle freshness seal.
双重安全密封,瓶盖收缩包装膜和内瓶新鲜封纸.
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She listened, shrinking under the blankets, to their shouts.
她缩在毯子下面听他们咆哮。
朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
我们要想保持诚信可靠，就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Instinctively, I shrink back from people who are in pain.
对于痛苦中的人, 我的直觉反应是保持距离.
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One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
We made it clear to them that we would not shrink from confrontation.
我们向他们清楚地表明，我们不会畏避交锋。
牛津词典
Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The city continued to shrink.
这座城市继续缩小。
朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
There was a movie called ‘Honey I shrunk the kids! ’.
有部电影名叫《宝贝儿，我把孩子们缩小了！》。
牛津词典
You can shrink either an enemy's units ( or your own ) for loads of fun!
不过一会后他们会变回正常大小.
期刊摘选
We want to expand the business, not shrink it.
我们要扩大业务,而不是缩小。
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Meredith was scared of him and shrank back.
梅雷迪思害怕他,直往后退。
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He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching.
听见他们朝这边来，他退到墙根。
牛津词典
They did not shrink from doing what was right.
只要做得对，他们就无所畏惧。
牛津词典
The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
He had a tendency to shrink up whenever attention was focused on him.
当别人注意他时,他就会退缩一旁.
期刊摘选
The European Commission's top layer of political leaders will shrink.
欧盟委员会的高层政党领导将会减少.
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Woollen fabrics shrink in the wash.
毛织物一洗要缩水.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
His anger was enough to make the others shrink away from him.
他的怒火足以使别人退缩。
朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
They didn't shrink from danger.
他们在危险面前没有退缩。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea.
肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。
牛津词典
I'm worried about washing that shirt in case it shrinks.
我不太敢洗那件衬衫,怕它会缩水。
朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
The market for their products is shrinking.
市场对他们产品的需求在减少。
牛津词典
Television in a sense has shrunk the world.
从某种意义上说电视把世界缩小了。
牛津词典
I've seen a shrink already.
我已经看过心理专家了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Treatment can shrink a tumour.
治疗能够使肿瘤萎缩。
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