shorter //

So we assume it was shorter.

因此我们假设它更短。

In addition, new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities, quicker use of information, and thus shorter attention spans in financial markets.

此外，新的数字技术使得股票交易更加迅速，信息利用更加高效，从而导致金融市场中的注意力持续时间更短。

watched shorter video clips

观看了较短的视频片段

Primary care providers have their hands full and may not be able to follow through with patients who have trouble driving because they can't turn their heads or remember where they are going—or have gotten shorter and haven't changed their seat settings sufficiently to reach car pedals easily,

初级保健医生已经忙得不可开交，可能无法跟进那些因无法转头、记不住要去哪里，或者身体变矮而没有充分调整座椅设置以方便踩踏汽车踏板的患者。