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abridging

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

删节,删减,缩减,缩略语

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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

Examples

  • If you did, you would see the text states that “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech.”

  • The present editor has undertaken the task of abridging and editing it, in the belief that the time is ripe for such a work.

  • The extreme beauty of this poem, even in a technical sense alone, is such that I lament the necessity of abridging it.

  • The plan consisted in abridging the compositors' labour by casting all the more frequently recurring words in metal.

  • It is, therefore, a thing most desirable to set up compound modes—short devices for abridging these.

  • For example, in abridging titles, scarcely any two men would agree, even within the limits of the rules given.