英语词汇“abbreviate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

abbreviateverb [ T usually passive ]

uk/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/us/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/

to make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word:

"Daniel" is often abbreviated to "Dan".

"Chief Executive Officer" is abbreviated as "CEO".

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There is a list of abbreviations near the beginning of the book.
What does the abbreviation WHO stand for?
Please use the abbreviation 'cm' for 'centimetres', without any full stop after it.
Sorry - could you explain what some of these abbreviations mean in your letter?
We generally use the abbreviation 'MP' instead of writing out 'Member of Parliament' in full.

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abbreviated

adjective uk/əˈbriː.vi.eɪ.tɪd/us/əˈbriː.vi.eɪ.t̬ɪd/

"Di" is the abbreviated form of "Diane".

单词	abbreviate
释义	Contents verb (1) abbreviate (1) more…(1) abbreviated Contents verb (1) abbreviate (1) more…(1) abbreviated English American abbreviateverb [ T usually passive ] uk/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/us/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/ to make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word: "Daniel" is often abbreviated to "Dan". "Chief Executive Officer" is abbreviated as "CEO". More examples There is a list of abbreviations near the beginning of the book. What does the abbreviation WHO stand for? Please use the abbreviation 'cm' for 'centimetres', without any full stop after it. Sorry - could you explain what some of these abbreviations mean in your letter? We generally use the abbreviation 'MP' instead of writing out 'Member of Parliament' in full. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Punctuation ampersand apostrophe asterisk caron cedilla dash ditto ellipsis guillemet hyphen hyphenate lower case parentheses period punctuation punctuation mark question mark quotation marks tilde upper case See more results » abbreviated adjective uk/əˈbriː.vi.eɪ.tɪd/us/əˈbriː.vi.eɪ.t̬ɪd/ "Di" is the abbreviated form of "Diane". abbreviateverb [ T ] us/əˈbri·viˌeɪt/ to shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter: We had to abbreviate the names of the states. abbreviated adjective [ not gradable ] us/əˈbri·viˌeɪ·t̬ɪd/ An abbreviated version was published last year.
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abbreviateverb [ T usually passive ]

abbreviateverb [ T ]