abridge
abridge 英 [əˈbrɪdʒ] 美 [əˈbrɪdʒ]
vt. 删节；缩短；节略
进行时:abridging 过去式:abridged 过去分词:abridged 第三人称单数:abridges 名词复数:abridges
- So the editor wants to cut your epic 800-page history of the stapler to a 150-page summary instead. Don't cry — he just wants to abridge your masterpiece, trimming it down to the more readable essential elements.
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- vt. 删节；缩短；节略
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1. an abridged edition, an abridged version
节版；节本
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2. The rights of citizens must not be abridged.
公民权利不能擅予削减。
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3. This story must be abridged.
这篇小说必须加以删减。
- abridge (v.) c. 1300, abreggen, "make shorter, shorten, condense," from Old French abregier, abrigier "abridge, diminish, shorten" (12c., Modern French abréger), from Late Latin abbreviare "make short," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (from PIE root *mregh-u- "short").
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