abridge

大学

vt. 缩短, 删节, 减少, 剥夺 [法] 剥夺; 节略

发音

UK /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/
US /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

abridged abridges 三单 abridges abridging abridging 现在分词 abridged 过去式 abridged 过去分词

别名

abr.

教材释义与例句

动词

删节；缩短；节略

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deprive; to cut off.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To debar from.

    古体 罕用 及物
  3. 3.

    To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

    及物
  5. 5.

    Cut short; truncate.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To curtail.

    及物

    He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

cut contract reduce shorten abbreviate foreshorten

上位词 7

curb decrease lessen restrict curtail cut back minify

下位词 8

concentrate digest shorten castrate condense bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate

近义相关 3

cut edit edit out

词源

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.

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