abbreviate
英 [ə'briːvɪeɪt]
美 [ə'brivɪ'et]
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来自拉丁语，来自 ab-（同 ad-，去，往）+ brevi-（短，词源同 brief）+ -ate（动词后缀）→ 其字面意思就是“使...变短，使...缩短”，故引申为“缩写、缩短”，另外要说明的是，前缀 ab- 是 ad- 的变体，它是由于受到词根首字母 b 的影响而产生的同化现象导致的。同源词：brief（简短的、简洁的），brevity（简洁、简短），abridge（删节、缩短）。
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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