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1. 多谢你帮我把问题缩小范围。

   duō​xiè nǐ bāng wǒ bǎ wèn​tí suō xiǎo fàn​wéi.

   Thank you for helping me narrow down the problem.

   Source: CCMatrix

2. 老师让我把报告缩短为一页。

   lǎo​shī ràng wǒ bǎ bào​gào suō duǎn wéi yī yè.

   My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Education

3. 我们没有时间了，不得不缩短采访。

   wǒ​men méi​yǒu shí​jiān le, bù​dé​bù suō duǎn cǎi​fǎng.

   We ran out of time and had to cut short the interview.

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 连续不断地充电将缩短电池寿命。

   lián​xù​bù​duàn de chōng diàn jiāng suō duǎn diàn​chí shòu​mìng.

   Continuous charging will shorten battery life.

   Source: CCMatrix

5. 平均而言，吸烟会使您的寿命缩短至少10年。

   píng​jūn ér​yán, xī yān huì shǐ nín de shòu​mìng suō duǎn zhì​shǎo10 nián.

   On average, smoking reduces your life span by at least 10 years.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 现在没有理由退缩。

   xiàn​zài méi​yǒu lǐ​yóu tuì​suō.

   There is no reason to back down now.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 她本来可以退缩的。

   tā běn​lái kě​yǐ tuì​suō de.

   She could have backed down.

   Source: CCMatrix

8. 他们没有从挑战中退缩。

   tā​men méi​yǒu cóng tiǎo​zhàn zhōng tuì​suō.

   They didn't back down from the challenge.

   Source: CCMatrix

9. 你现在不能退缩。

   nǐ xiàn​zài bù​néng tuì​suō.

   You can not back down now.

   Source: AI Challenger 2017

10. 打字将缩小选项列表的范围。

    dǎ zì jiāng suō xiǎo xuǎn​xiàng liè​biǎo de fàn​wéi.

    Typing will narrow down the list of options.

    Source: CCMatrix

11. 这四个标准帮助我们缩小我们的名单。

    zhè sì ge biāo​zhǔn bāng​zhù wǒ​men suō xiǎo wǒ​men de míng​dān.

    These four criteria helped us narrow down our list.

    Source: CCMatrix

12. 他似乎想进来，但与此同时，一些事情使他退缩了。

    tā sì​hū xiǎng jìn lai, dàn yǔ​cǐ​tóng​shí, yī​xiē shì​qing shǐ tā tuì​suō le.

    He seemed to want to come in, but at the same time something held him back.

    Source: CCMatrix

13. 但是，大多数情况下，羞耻使得人们想要退缩和隐藏。

    dàn​shì, dà​duō​shù qíng​kuàng xià, xiū​chǐ shǐ​de rén​men xiǎng​yào tuì​suō hé yǐn​cáng.

    But, for the most part, shame makes people want to withdraw and hide.

    Source: CCMatrix

14. 在最近卖掉他们的房屋以缩小规模之后，这对夫妇正在租一套公寓。

    zài zuì​jìn mài diào tā​men de fáng​wū yǐ suō xiǎo guī​mó zhī​hòu, zhè duì fū​fù zhèng​zài zū yī​tào gōng​yù.

    After recently selling their home to downsize, the couple is renting an apartment.

    Source: CCMatrix

15. 我只有你的名字缩写。

    wǒ zhǐ​yǒu nǐ de míng​zi suō​xiě.

    I only have your initials.

    Source: OpenSubtitles

16. 所有金属遇热膨胀，遇冷收缩。

    suǒ​yǒu jīn​shǔ yù rè péng​zhàng, yù lěng shōu​suō.

    All metals expand with heat and contract with cold.

    Source: AI Challenger 2017

17. 收缩你的下巴。

    shōu​suō nǐ de xià​ba.

    Tuck your chin.

    Source: OpenSubtitles

18. 有的缩写还有不止一个意思。

    yǒu​de suō​xiě hái​yǒu bù​zhǐ yī​ge yì​si.

    Some abbreviations have more than one meaning.

    Source: CCMatrix

19. 我身体的每一块肌肉都收缩了。

    wǒ shēn​tǐ de měi yī kuài jī​ròu dōu shōu​suō le.

    Every muscle in my body contracted.

    Source: CCMatrix

20. 我让人把我名字的缩写刻在画框上。

    wǒ ràng rén bǎ wǒ míng​zi de suō​xiě kè zài huà​kuàng shang.

    I had my initials engraved on the picture frame.

    Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken