abridgement

/uh-brij-muhnt/US // əˈbrɪdʒ mənt //UK // (əˈbrɪdʒmənt) //

删节,缩略语,节略,删减

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
- : the act or process of abridging.
- : the state of being abridged.
- : reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.

nounshortening, summary

Synonyms

To which is added a Chronological abridgement of the sacred scriptures by way of dialogue.
I chanced to possess an abridgement of the "Biblia naturae," the masterly work of the father of insect anatomy.
History is to be begun with an abridgement of universal history; such as Justin, Florus, and the abridgement of Livy.
An abridgement was tried of Gibbon; but it had little success, and has never since been attempted.
The Mandan future inflection -kit -kt -t appears to be an abridgement of this.

/uh-brij-muhnt/US // əˈbrɪdʒ mənt //UK // (əˈbrɪdʒmənt) //

删节,缩略语,节略,删减

n.名词 noun

1
- : a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
- : the act or process of abridging.
- : the state of being abridged.
- : reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.

nounshortening, summary

Synonyms

To which is added a Chronological abridgement of the sacred scriptures by way of dialogue.
I chanced to possess an abridgement of the "Biblia naturae," the masterly work of the father of insect anatomy.
History is to be begun with an abridgement of universal history; such as Justin, Florus, and the abridgement of Livy.
An abridgement was tried of Gibbon; but it had little success, and has never since been attempted.
The Mandan future inflection -kit -kt -t appears to be an abridgement of this.