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单词 abridgment
释义
abridgment
noun
(alsoabridgement)
uk
/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/us
/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/

abridgmentnoun(SHORTER VERSION)

[C]
abook,play, orpieceof writing that has been madeshorterbyremovingsomedetailsor lessimportantinformation:
删节版；节略版
Thebooksare abridgments of well-knownclassics.这些书是著名经典作品的节略版。
In 1676 Bauthumleypublishedan abridgement of Foxe'sBookof Martyrs.1676年，鲍特姆利出版了福克斯《殉道者之书》的节选。
[U]
theactof making abook,play, orpieceof writingshorterbyremovingsomedetailsorinformation:
删节；节略
Drastic abridgment makes thisstoryevenmoredifficulttounderstand.大幅度的删节使这个故事更加难懂。
Thisversionof theplayismarredonly by someawkwardabridgement.演出的这个版本的缺点只在于一些笨拙的删减。
More examples
  • I didn'twantmyworkto bemerelyan abridgment of thehearings.
  • Thedocumentis anEnglishabridgment of theJapaneseoriginal.
  • Thereseemsto be acurrententhusiasmforextremeabridgement.
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  • bestiary
  • crammer
  • e-reader
  • exercise book
  • fiction
  • flipback
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  • paperback
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Summaries and summarizing

abridgmentnoun(REDUCTION OF RIGHTS)

[UorC]
theactofreducingsomeone'sfreedom,rights, etc., or aninstanceof this:
He says there arelawswhich arecompletelyunethicaland an abridgment offreedom.
Themeasureestablishesadangerousprecedentin the abridgement ofhumanliberty.
See
abridge
More examples
  • He called thespendinglimitsan abridgment of a party'srighttofreepoliticalexpression.
  • Hewrotearesearchpaperon the abridgment of thecivillibertiesin theUnitedStates.
  • Governmentsecrecypalesincomparisonto thesecrecyand abridgements offreeexpressionthatexistinprivatecompanies.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
  • attenuate
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  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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(Definition ofabridgmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
abridgment
noun
(alsoabridgement)
uk
/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/us
/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/

abridgmentnoun(SHORTER VERSION)

[C]
abook,play, orpieceof writing that has been madeshorterbyremovingsomedetailsor lessimportantinformation
删节版；节略版
Thebooksare abridgments of well-knownclassics.这些书是著名经典作品的节略版。
In 1676 Bauthumleypublishedan abridgement of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.1676年，鲍特姆利出版了福克斯《殉道者之书》的节选。
[U]
theactof making abook,play, orpieceof writingshorterbyremovingsomedetailsorinformation
删节；节略
Drastic abridgment makes thisstoryevenmoredifficulttounderstand.大幅度的删节使这个故事更加难懂。
Thisversionof theplayismarredonly by someawkwardabridgement.演出的这个版本的缺点只在于一些笨拙的删减。
More examples
  • I didn'twantmyworkto bemerelyan abridgment of thehearings.
  • Thedocumentis anEnglishabridgment of theJapaneseoriginal.
  • Thereseemsto be acurrententhusiasmforextremeabridgement.

Examplesofabridgment

abridgment
He held that theabridgmentof rights for the "common good" is never justifiable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For theabridgmentof 1802 and the second full-length edition of 1810, however, he changed his tune completely.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I wonder, however, if a flow chart can capture the metamorphoses of texts as they pass through successive editions, translations, abridgments, and compilations.
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I have made numerous modifications to facilitate theabridgmentof the chapter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most of these divergences can be classified as "abridgments" or "simplifications," especially in those tracts that represent distinctively scholastic doctrines.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is anabridgmentof parliamentary power that is not necessary.
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Those are interesting arguments, but they are arguments for further and furtherabridgment.
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It will therefore mean a considerableabridgmentof official labour and expense.
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However, aside from a slightabridgmentof the dialogue, this is the only major difference between the manga and the anime.
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There are hundreds of "kokugo" dictionaries in print, ranging from huge multivolume tomes to paperback abridgments.
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The breadth of legislativeabridgmentmust be viewed in the light of less drastic means for achieving the same basic purpose.
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Provided with new annotations and a revised translation, the book presents anabridgmentrevealing the historical chronology.
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Such assurance of privacy falls far short of anabridgmentof freedom of the press.
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Anabridgmentwas published by the author himself in 1703.
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There are also indications that the present work is anabridgmentof a significantly larger work.
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