abbreviate

英[ə'briːvieɪt] 美[ə'briːvieɪt]
  • vt. 缩写；缩短；使简略
abbreviator abbreviated abbreviated abbreviating abbreviates
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

  2. shorten;

    "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

双语例句

1. Also , try to avoid abbreviations. If you must abbreviate, use standard abbreviations.
避免用缩略语, 如果必须, 要用标准缩略语.

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2. We shall abbreviate'directed graph'to digraph.
我们将把“有方向的图”简称为方向图.

来自辞典例句

3. She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.
她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力.

来自辞典例句

4. If delete, do not weigh, undertake abbreviate to this article.
把不重要是删除, 对该文章进行缩写.

来自互联网

5. Because of its English abbreviate is APEC, also abbreviation is Yapeike.
因其英文缩写为APEC, 也简称为亚佩克.

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. In writing, the title `Doctor' is abbreviated to `Dr'.
      在书写时，Doctor头衔的缩写是Dr.
    2. It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.
      在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。
    3. The teacher asked me to abbreviate my report to one page .
      老师让我把报告缩短为一页。
    4. The United States of america is commonly abbreviated to U.S.a..
      美利坚合众国常被缩略为 U.

abbreviate的详细讲解：

用法讲解

shorten，abbreviate，abridge，cut
  • 这些动词均含有“缩短”之意。
  • shorten通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。
  • abbreviate指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。
  • abridge多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。
  • cut普通用词，指任何缩短而缩减的过程。

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