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abridge

/uh-brij/US // əˈbrɪdʒ //UK // (əˈbrɪdʒ) //

桥,桥牌,桥接,桥段

Related Words

curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减truncate截断,截短,截断的,切断trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的snip剪切,剪辑,剪贴,剪下cut切,切割,削减,割clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书downsize缩小规模,缩减规模,缩小尺寸,缩减restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性concentrate浓缩,集中精力,专注,浓缩的decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱limit限度,限额,限定,限期summarize总结,归纳,归纳总结,概述

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    a·bridged, a·bridg·ing.

    • : to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book.
    • : to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge a visit;to abridge one's freedom.
    • : to deprive; cut off.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbshorten
Forms: abridged
Synonyms
abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水truncate截断,截短,截断的,切断abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派chop劈劈啪啪,切切,斩,劈clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧concentrate浓缩,集中精力,专注,浓缩的condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书cut切,切割,削减,割decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌digest摘要,文摘,消化,消化液diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱downsize缩小规模,缩减规模,缩小尺寸,缩减lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低limit限度,限额,限定,限期narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的snip剪切,剪辑,剪贴,剪下summarize总结,归纳,归纳总结,概述trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的blue pencil蓝铅笔,蓝色铅笔,蓝色笔筒,蓝笔put in nutshell简而言之,简而言之就是,简言之,归纳起来就是

Examples

  • The 1973 miniseries, which aired on Swedish TV and screened internationally in an abridged feature cut, traces a tumultuous decade in the life of an upper-middle-class couple, played by Liv Ullman and Erland Josephson.

  • The world first learned of Sophie Zhang in September 2020, when BuzzFeed News obtained and published highlights from an abridged version of her nearly 8,000-word exit memo from Facebook.

  • At the right time and in the right dose, it can ease and abridge economic maladies.

  • And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.

  • This would serve to abridge the liberty of speech guaranteed to us by the Constitution.

  • We shall, however, be obliged to abridge his detailed exposition in order not to enlarge our volume beyond due limits.

  • Teach us to love the South and be contented here by ceasing to abridge us in such extremes in common rights and citizenship.

  • In one place a dammed-off deviation was being excavated, evidently to abridge an impossible bend.

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