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1. 使嵌入

• The first two carriages of the train were telescoped in the crash. 火车撞车时前两节车厢叠嵌在一起了。

2. 把…进行浓缩；精简

• The author telescoped 100 years of history into a book. 作者把100年的历史浓缩在一本书中。

• Two episodes have been telescoped into a single program. 把两集的内容压缩成一个节目。

vi 缩短

• The four years at the university seem to have telescoped. 大学的四年似乎一下子缩短了。