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shave something off something
phrasal verb with shaveverbuk /ʃeɪv/ us /ʃeɪv/
(alsoshave something by something)
to reduce something by the stated amount: 将…减少（一定量）
The new high speed trains will shave 25 minutes off the journey time.新的高速火车将使旅途的时间缩短25分钟。
Our prices have been shaved by five percent!我们的价格下降了5%！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
recede
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
trough
tumble
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