abbreviate是什么意思

abbreviate

英 [ə'briːvɪeɪt] 美 [ə'brivɪ'et]

vt. 缩写，使省略；使简短
vi. 使用缩写词

中文词源

来自拉丁语，来自 ab-（同 ad-，去，往）+ brevi-（短，词源同 brief）+ -ate（动词后缀）→ 其字面意思就是“使...变短，使...缩短”，故引申为“缩写、缩短”，另外要说明的是，前缀 ab- 是 ad- 的变体，它是由于受到词根首字母 b 的影响而产生的同化现象导致的。同源词：brief（简短的、简洁的），brevity（简洁、简短），abridge（删节、缩短）。

英文词源

abbreviate: abbreviate: see brief
abbreviate (v.): mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare "to shorten" (see abbreviation). Also sometimes 15c. abbrevy, from Middle French abrevier (14c.), from Latin abbreviare. Related: Abbreviated; abbreviating.

双语例句

1. Also , try to avoid abbreviations. If you must abbreviate, use standard abbreviations.: 避免用缩略语, 如果必须, 要用标准缩略语.

2. We shall abbreviate'directed graph'to digraph.: 我们将把“有方向的图”简称为方向图.

3. She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.: 她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力.

4. If delete, do not weigh, undertake abbreviate to this article.: 把不重要是删除, 对该文章进行缩写.

5. Because of its English abbreviate is APEC, also abbreviation is Yapeike.: 因其英文缩写为APEC, 也简称为亚佩克.