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abbreviate[ə'bri:vieit]vt.1.■使简短;缩短;缩简;节略(演讲等):The ceremony was abbreviated by rain.因为下雨,仪式从简。to abbreviate a speech精简演说辞2.■缩写(词或短语):Esquire can be abbreviated to Esq.Esquire可缩写成Esq.。vi.1.■使用缩写词:He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article.他的文章缩写词使用太多,令人费解。近义词shorten变形vt.abbreviatedabbreviating |