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缩小
suō xiǎo
Meaning
- to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
Definition
使范围、规模、数量等变小。
to reduce, to shrink, to narrow down.
Usage
通常用作动词，可带宾语，表示使某物变小；也可用于抽象事物如范围、差距等。
Used as a verb, often with an object, meaning to make something smaller; can also apply to abstract concepts like scope or gap.
Examples
- 1 我们需要缩小贫富差距。 (We need to narrow the gap between rich and poor.)
- 2 科研人员努力缩小病毒的范围。 (Researchers are trying to narrow down the scope of the virus.)
- 3 这张照片可以缩小到一半大小。 (This photo can be reduced to half size.)
- 4 公司计划缩小生产规模。 (The company plans to scale down production.)
- 5 他尝试缩小搜索范围以找到丢失的文件。 (He tried to narrow the search scope to find the lost file.)
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