英 [əˈbrɪdʒ] 美 [əˈbrɪdʒ]
vt. 删节；缩短；节略
第三人称单数abridges
现在分词abridging
过去式abridged
过去分词abridged
abridge /əˈbrɪdʒ/ TEM4
动词 to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting (删节)书面作品
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
同义词： foreshorten / abbreviate / shorten / cut / contract / reduce
lessen, diminish, or curtail
the new law might abridge our freedom of expression
删节；缩短；节略-引用次数：2
参考来源探析汉语缩略语的简缩理据
删减
... ab（否定，音同"尔不"）+normal（正常的）→不正常的 abridge / / v.缩短，删减 a+bridge（桥）→ 长江一桥缩短了从武昌到汉口的时间（桥可以缩短两地之间的距离） ...
... abrasionn.磨损，擦伤处 abridge v.(书等)删节 abruptadj.突然的，看着雅思词汇量。粗暴的 ...
... accumulationive a. 大的,大批的,大块的 abridge vt. 简化 best a. 最高的,最大的 ...
abridged 删节的；削减的
abridgement 节略，缩写；减少
abridgment 删节；删节本；[图情] 文摘；缩短；限制
abridged 缩短；减少；删去（abridge的过去分词）
I have to abridge my stay here.
我只得缩短在这里的逗留时间。
Book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.
图书出版者经版权拥有者许可，可以对作品修改或删节。
Under O. 3 r. 5 (1), the Court has power to extend or abridge the relevant time period.
高等法院第3号命令第5(1)条规则赋予法庭延展或缩短有关期限的权力。
As Americans abjure our civic responsibilities to the state, government bureaucrats gladly abridge our liberties.
The government cannot abridge constitutionally protected rights simply to make a symbolic point or because it feels that something must be done.
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If allowed to stand, the ruling in the Hedegaard case will be used to abridge fundamental civil rights throughout Europe, and possibly far beyond.
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