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Shrink: to become or to make something smaller in size or amount (使)縮小,收縮,減少
The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea. 腫瘤已縮小到豌豆大小.
The market for their products is shrinking. 市場對他們產品的需求在減少.
There was a movie called 'Honey I shrunk the kids!'. 有部電影名叫《寶貝兒,我把孩子們縮小了!》.
Television in a sense has shrunk the world. 從某種意義上說電視把世界縮小了.
Efficiency: the quality of doing something well with no waste of time or money 效率;效能;功效 uncountable
improvements in efficiency at the factory 工廠效率的提高
I was impressed by the efficiency with which she handled the crisis. 她應變效率之高給我留下了深刻的印象.
Conservation: the act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed 防止流失(或浪費、損害、毀壞);保持;保護
to encourage the conservation of water/fuel 鼓勵節約用水╱燃油
energy conservation 能源的節約
(close/near) at hand: close to you in time or distance (在時間或距離上)接近
Help was at hand. 援助近在咫尺.
The property is ideally located with all local amenities close at hand. 這處房地產的位置很理想,離當地的福利設施都近.
