为了赶上最后期限，我们缩短了项目周期。

We ___shortened the project timeline to meet the deadline.

他让理发师把头发剪短了一些。

He asked the barber to have his hair ___shortened a bit.

为了节省时间，老师把课程名字缩写成了几个字母。

To save time, the teacher ___shortened the course name to just a few letters.