abridging / əˈbrɪdʒ /

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abridging 的定义

v. 有主动词 verb

a·bridged, a·bridg·ing.

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

abridging 近义词

v. 动词 verb

shorten

更多abridging例句

  1. If you did, you would see the text states that “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech.”
  2. The present editor has undertaken the task of abridging and editing it, in the belief that the time is ripe for such a work.
  3. The extreme beauty of this poem, even in a technical sense alone, is such that I lament the necessity of abridging it.
  4. The plan consisted in abridging the compositors' labour by casting all the more frequently recurring words in metal.
  5. It is, therefore, a thing most desirable to set up compound modes—short devices for abridging these.
  6. For example, in abridging titles, scarcely any two men would agree, even within the limits of the rules given.