abridgement / əˈbrɪdʒ mənt /

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abridgement 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
  2. the act or process of abridging.
  3. the state of being abridged.
  4. reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.

abridgement 近义词

n. 名词 noun

shortening, summary

更多abridgement例句

  1. To which is added a Chronological abridgement of the sacred scriptures by way of dialogue.
  2. I chanced to possess an abridgement of the "Biblia naturae," the masterly work of the father of insect anatomy.
  3. History is to be begun with an abridgement of universal history; such as Justin, Florus, and the abridgement of Livy.
  4. An abridgement was tried of Gibbon; but it had little success, and has never since been attempted.
  5. The Mandan future inflection -kit -kt -t appears to be an abridgement of this.