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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

缩小 [suōxiǎo]
  1. 1. reduce (in width, size, scope, etc.); lessen; narrow; shrink; dwindle
    我们要逐步缩小与发达国家在社会福利方面的差距。
    我们讨论的题目太大了，缩小一下吧。
    逐步缩小城乡差别
    gradually reduce the distinction between town and country
    缩小范围
    reduce the scope; narrow the range
  2. 2. be reduced; shrink
    他经过一个月的减肥，腰围缩小了一圈。
    他的毛衣放到热水里一洗就缩小了。
    His sweater shrank when he washed it in hot water.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

缩小 [suōxiǎo]
  1. 1. 动 收缩使变小
    缩小机构
    缩小影响
    把调查范围缩小。
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Examples

我们对于工农业产品的交换是缩小剪刀差，而不是扩大剪刀差。
In the exchange of industrial products for agricultural products, we try to narrow the price scissors, not widen them. → 剪刀差
他的毛衣放到热水里一洗就缩小了。
His sweater shrank when he washed it in hot water. → 缩小
应用新技术是缩小成本的最好方法。 → 成本
据科学家研究发现南极洲上空的臭氧层空洞呈现出缩小趋势。 → 上空
我们讨论的题目太大了，缩小一下吧。 → 缩小
我们要逐步缩小与发达国家在社会福利方面的差距。 → 缩小
他经过一个月的减肥，腰围缩小了一圈。 → 缩小
眼睛被强光照射后，瞳孔会缩小。 → 瞳孔
扩大“特定多数”的表决范围，也就意味着缩小“一致通过”的表决范围。 → 多数
敌占区的面积在不断地缩小。
The area occupied by the enemy is decreasing day by day. → 敌占区
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Collocations

缩小范围
to decrease the scope of something
逐渐缩小
to gradually decrease
体积缩小
to decrease the volume

Word Decomposition

缩
[suō] 		+ 小
[xiǎo]

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