Abridge
[ə'brɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:梅雷迪思--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:凯特
同義詞及近義詞：
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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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Abbreviate, diminish, shorten, lessen, curtail, restrict, {[con]?}, tract,condense, epitomize, compress
ANT:Amplify, expand, spread_out
戈登編輯
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
v.t. To shorten.
乔迪校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The Hungarian mines are wrought by freemen, who employ a great deal of machinery, by which they facilitate and abridge their own labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I abridge nothing I have ever bestowed upon her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He wrote because he liked to write; he did not abridge, because he cared not to abridge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- First, of all useful machines and instruments of trade, which facilitate and abridge labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I find this in Père Boschovich's account of it, as abridged in the Monthly Review for December, 1750. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- That Tuesday afternoon the transient doze--more like lethargy than sleep--which sometimes abridged the long days, had stolen over her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Thirdly, and lastly, everybody must be sensible how much labour is facilitated and abridged by the application of proper machinery. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In Heaven's name, said he, to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- My day was lonely, but the prospect of coming evening abridged and cheered it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins, an abridged account of all Mr. Jingle's atrocities. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- His general description is easily abridged. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Kepler's studies were facilitated by the invention, in 1614 by John Napier, of logarithms, which have b een said, by abridging tedious calculations, to double the life of an astronomer. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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