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单词 abridge
释义
abridge
verb[T]
uk
/əˈbrɪdʒ/us
/əˈbrɪdʒ/

abridgeverb[T](make shorter)

to make abook,play, orpieceof writingshorterbyremovingdetailsandinformationthat is notimportant:
删节；节略
Thebookwas abridged forchildren.这本书删节后供儿童阅读。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Editing & compiling
  • abridged
  • anthologist
  • blue pencil
  • bowdlerization
  • bowdlerize
  • bowdlerized
  • co-edit
  • compile
  • dub
  • excerpt
  • fact-checking
  • lexicographer
  • non-editorial
  • over-edit
  • post-editing
  • proofreading
  • revised
  • subedit
  • undubbed
  • unfiltered
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abridgeverb[T](reduce rights)

toreducesomeone'sfreedom,rights, etc.:
He said thatCongresswould make nolawabridging thefreedomofspeech.
Had thestateabridged hisrights?
More examples
  • Themodeofpunishmentmust not abridge thelibertyof thedefendant.
  • Thelegislationabridged thereligiousfreedomofconsumerswhoobserveSaturdayratherthanSundayas adayofrest.
  • Thepeoplefearedthat if thestatebecametoopowerful,governmentwould abridge thelibertiesof thepeople.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • rollback
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • shave
  • telescope
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Related words

abridged
abridgment
(Definition ofabridgefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
abridge
verb[T]
uk
/əˈbrɪdʒ/us
/əˈbrɪdʒ/
to make abook,play, orpieceof writingshorterbyremovingdetailsandinformationthat is notimportant
删节；节略
Thebookwas abridged forchildren.这本书删节后供儿童阅读。

abridge| American Dictionary

abridge
verb[T]
us
/əˈbrɪdʒ/
to make a writtentextshorter

abridged

adjectiveus
/əˈbrɪdʒd/
Theylistenedto an abridgedversionontape.
(Definition ofabridgefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabridge

abridge
He argues that soldiers' patient rights are sometimes abridged and yield to military necessity.
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Every reference has to be checked, because most of the entries have been abridged.
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The first line says that there are three types of repairs: cancel repair (can), modify repair (mod), andabridgerepair (abr).
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First, it does not seem true that only a right can justify interfering with or abridging another right.
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The usefulness of the main translated text would be much enhanced were the annotations organized, focused, drastically abridged and better informed.
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These principles are absent or abridged in military contexts.
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The verb retrancher signifies abridging, cutting away and diminishing.
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In the example considered, the summary measures calculated from the abridged table were very close to the corresponding measures obtained from the complete table.
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From the abridged table can be calculated summary measures of the kind mentioned earlier.
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Space in the film is abridged, syncopated in the manner typical of the city film.
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For this study, abridged versions of the vocabulary and the grammar scales were used.
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In addition, the life tables may be either complete or abridged.
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Workers might be said to have their freedom of contract wrongly abridged by the minimum wage.
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Only first author and abridged year of publication is shown.
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Discussion and interpretation of the results seem abridged in a few studies, but collectively the chapters present a clear and useful picture of the complexity of construct validation research.
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