abridge

英 [ə'brɪdʒ] 美[ə'brɪdʒ]
  • vt. 删节;缩短;节略

扩展词汇GREIELTSTEM4

词态变化


第三人称单数: abridges;过去式: abridged;过去分词: abridged;现在分词: abridging;名词: abridgement;形容词: abridged;

助记提示


1. abridge 【a + bridge,建一座桥跨越障碍为缩短】缩短

中文词源


abridge 删节

abbreviate的变体。-d为插入字母,俗化为bridge.

英英释意


1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
"The manuscript must be shortened"

英文词源


abridge
abridge: see brief
abridge (v.)
c. 1300, abreggen, "to make shorter, to condense," from Old French abregier "abridge, diminish, shorten," from Late Latin abbreviare "make short" (see abbreviate). The sound development from Latin -vi- to French -dg- is paralleled in assuage (from assuavidare) and deluge (from diluvium). Related: Abridged; abridging.

同义词辨析


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。

实用场景例句


Thus he may abridge his travel , with much profit.
只要做到上述各点,他就能在短期游历中受益良多.

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They are going to abridge that dictionary.
他们将要精简那本字典.

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A Book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.
图书出版者经版权拥有者许可,可以对作品修改或删节.

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Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.
节省一丝一毫金钱, 不会比为小小的收入而屈尊丢脸.

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Book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.
图书出版者经作者许可,可以对作品修改、删节.

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Article 33 Book publishers may modify or abridge works with the license of authors.
第三十三条图书出版者经作者许可,可以对作品修改、删节.

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