- 1縮寫、簡寫
To abbreviate something is to make a word, a name, or a piece of language shorter. You may drop letters (Doctor becomes Dr) or keep only first letters (United Nations becomes UN).
To abbreviate something abbreviate 某樣東西，is to make a word, a name, or a piece of language shorter就是把一個字、一個名字，或一段語言變短。You may drop letters你可以刪掉一些字母 (Doctor becomes Dr像 Doctor 變成 Dr) or keep only first letters或者只留下開頭字母 (United Nations becomes UN像 United Nations 變成 UN)
People also abbreviate a talk or a text when they cut it down, not only when they invent a short label. The verb wants an object: you abbreviate a word, a title, a speech.
People also abbreviate a talk or a text人們也會把一段話或一篇文章 abbreviate（縮短） when they cut it down當他們把內容刪減時，not only when they invent a short label不只是在發明一個簡稱的時候。The verb wants an object這個動詞需要有受詞：you abbreviate a word, a title, a speech你 abbreviate 一個字、一個頭銜、一場演講
In the classroom, is the friendlier everyday verb; abbreviate sounds a little more like a dictionary or an office.
In the classroom, shorten is the friendlier everyday verb在課堂上，shorten 是比較親切、日常的動詞；abbreviate sounds a little more like a dictionary or an office abbreviate 聽起來比較像字典或辦公室裡用的字
Though actually, speakers are messy with the names of the results. They may call UN an abbreviation, an , or just "the short name", and they do not always keep those terms apart.
Though actually不過實際上，speakers are messy with the names of the results使用者對這些結果要怎麼稱呼其實很隨便。They may call UN他們可能把 UN 稱作 an abbreviation縮寫、an acronym字母縮略詞、or just "the short name"或直接說「簡稱」，and they do not always keep those terms apart而且不一定會把這些說法分得很清楚
The noun is abbreviation. The tiny written label you see in books is abbr.
The noun is abbreviation名詞形式是 abbreviation。The tiny written label you see in books你在書裡看到的那個小小的書面標示 is abbr是 abbr
core核心畫面
組成From Latin ab- (off) + breviāre (to shorten), from brevis (short). English also took it as a verb with -ate. It is a doublet of abridge: same Latin idea of shortening, a different path into English. Some people treat it as a back-formation from abbreviation.
同家族的字
- abbreviationthe noun: the short form you make when you abbreviate
- abridgea doublet — same Latin idea of shortening, a different path into English
- brieffrom the same Latin brevis, short
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
abbreviateverb詞源 1/əˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/
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obsoleteTo shorten by omitting parts or details.
- But it is one Thing, to Abbreuiate by Contracting, Another by Cutting off: […]
- 2
obsoleteTo speak or write in a brief manner.
- 3
To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- But as delivery schedules have dwindled into hours, even the gigantic warehouse full of stuff in a central place such as the triangle is proving insufficient. Now, companies also need smaller distribution centres around the country, to respond rapidly to orders and to abbreviate the last mile as much as possible.
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To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
- Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.
- 5
mathematicssciencesTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
abbreviateadj詞源 2/əˈbɹi.vi.ət/
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obsoleteAbbreviated.
- 2
obsoleteAbbreviated, abridged, shortened.
- The curt form of gent as a less ceremonious substitute for the full expression of ‘gentleman,’ had once made considerable way, but its career was blighted in a court of justice. It is about twenty years ago that two young men, being brought before a London magistrate, described themselves as ‘gents.’ The magistrate said that he considered that a designation little better than ‘blackguard.’ The abbreviate form has never been able to recover that shock.
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biologynatural-sciencesHaving one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
abbreviatenoun詞源 2/əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
- 1
obsoleteAn abridgment.
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