同近义词辨析
shorten, abridge, abbreviate, cut
这组词都有“缩短”的意思，其区别是：
abridge多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。
abbreviate指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。
双语例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- In writing, the title `Doctor' is abbreviated to `Dr'.
在书写时，Doctor头衔的缩写是Dr. - It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.
在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。 - The teacher asked me to abbreviate my report to one page .
老师让我把报告缩短为一页。 - The United States of america is commonly abbreviated to U.S.a..
美利坚合众国常被缩略为 U.
权威例句
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