The Federal Circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the Supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.
联邦巡回法院的这一行动是在最高法院一系列最近的裁决之后发生的，这些裁决已经缩小了对专利持有人的保护范围。
They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.
他们引用多位作者过去的研究，指出必须缩小这一差距，才能弥合成就差距。
narrowed the achievement gap
缩小了成就差距
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。