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单词 short time
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short timenoun [ U ]

uk/ˌʃɔːt ˈtaɪm/us/ˌʃɔːrt ˈtaɪm/also reduced time UK

a situation in which the people who work at a factory or in an office work fewer days or hours than usual for less money because there is not much work to do:

He's been put on short time because business is so quiet.

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short timenoun [ U ]

ukusalso short-time working UK HR

a situation in which workers work fewer hours or days than usual because there is not much work to do:

on short time Hundreds of people in the company are now on short time.
A few weeks ago several Japanese car factories had to go onto short-time working because they didn't have enough steel.
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