Abridge

[ə'brɪdʒ]

解释:

(verb.) lessen, diminish, or curtail; 'the new law might abridge our freedom of expression'.

(verb.) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; 'The manuscript must be shortened'.

校对:梅雷迪思--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

(v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

(v. t.) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

校对:凯特

同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Shorten (by compression), epitomize, condense, compress, make an abstract of.[2]. Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, ABBREVIATE, retrench, cut down.[3]. Deprive, dispossess, divest.

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同义词及反义词:

SYN:Abbreviate, diminish, shorten, lessen, curtail, restrict, {[con]?}, tract,condense, epitomize, compress

ANT:Amplify, expand, spread_out

戈登编辑

解释:

v.t. to make brief or short: to shorten: to epitomise: to curtail as privileges or authority.—ns. Abridg′ment Abridge′ment contraction: shortening of time labour or privileges: a compendium of a larger work: an epitome or synopsis: (law) the leaving out of certain portions Of a plaintiff's demand the writ still holding good for the remainder.

手打:萨拜娜

娱乐性解释:

v.t. To shorten.

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