abbreviate
英 [?'bri?v?e?t]
美 [?'briv?'et]
- vt. 縮寫(xiě)，使省略；使簡(jiǎn)短
- vi. 使用縮寫(xiě)詞
中文詞源
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)，來(lái)自 ab-（同 ad-，去，往）+ brevi-（短，詞源同 brief）+ -ate（動(dòng)詞后綴）→ 其字面意思就是“使...變短，使...縮短”，故引申為“縮寫(xiě)、縮短”，另外要說(shuō)明的是，前綴 ab- 是 ad- 的變體，它是由于受到詞根首字母 b 的影響而產(chǎn)生的同化現(xiàn)象導(dǎo)致的。同源詞：brief（簡(jiǎn)短的、簡(jiǎn)潔的），brevity（簡(jiǎn)潔、簡(jiǎn)短），abridge（刪節(jié)、縮短）。
英文詞源
- abbreviate
- abbreviate: see brief
- abbreviate (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare "to shorten" (see abbreviation). Also sometimes 15c. abbrevy, from Middle French abrevier (14c.), from Latin abbreviare. Related: Abbreviated; abbreviating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Also , try to avoid abbreviations. If you must abbreviate, use standard abbreviations.
- 避免用縮略語(yǔ), 如果必須, 要用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)縮略語(yǔ).
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- 2. We shall abbreviate'directed graph'to digraph.
- 我們將把“有方向的圖”簡(jiǎn)稱為方向圖.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.
- 她喪失了縮短這最后幾步路的能力.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. If delete, do not weigh, undertake abbreviate to this article.
- 把不重要是刪除, 對(duì)該文章進(jìn)行縮寫(xiě).
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- 5. Because of its English abbreviate is APEC, also abbreviation is Yapeike.
- 因其英文縮寫(xiě)為APEC, 也簡(jiǎn)稱為亞佩克.
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