abridgement 的定义
- a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
- the act or process of abridging.
- the state of being abridged.
- reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.
abridgement 近义词
shortening, summary
更多abridgement例句
- To which is added a Chronological abridgement of the sacred scriptures by way of dialogue.
- I chanced to possess an abridgement of the "Biblia naturae," the masterly work of the father of insect anatomy.
- History is to be begun with an abridgement of universal history; such as Justin, Florus, and the abridgement of Livy.
- An abridgement was tried of Gibbon; but it had little success, and has never since been attempted.
- The Mandan future inflection -kit -kt -t appears to be an abridgement of this.