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

单词	abridgment
释义	abridg·ment noun or abridge·ment \-jmənt\ (-s) 1. : action of abridging : state of being abridged 2. : a shortened form of a work produced by condensation and omission but retaining the general meaning and manner of presentation of the original : compendium 3. : a brief statement of a subject : an epitome of general outlines or principles : synopsis; specifically : any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of cases Synonyms: abridgment, abstract, brief, synopsis, conspectus, epitome: these terms all denote a condensation of a larger work or more extended, although often only prospective, treatment. abridgment implies reduction in compass yet retention of relative completeness, usually with the retention too of something of the manner of the original < all abridgments of encyclopedic treatments, even when they are the work of their own authors, must inevitably suffer — Paul Radin > < he delivers an abridgment of the famous opening soliloquy with little regard for metrical or musical values — Henry Hewes > < a 50-page abridgment of a full-length novel > An abstract is a summary of a document, treatise, or proposed treatment giving the salient points, usually in the order of presentation, with usually no claim to independent worth < accounts of ancient and modern political unions … He made abstracts of them — H.E.Scudder > < this pamphlet contains an abstract of the hunting and trapping law as contained in the Biennial Revision — Maine Hunting & Trapping Laws > A brief is an abstract of a case or argument, especially in law < prepared an extended brief to support his position — American Guide Series: Oregon > < two briefs submitted by lawyers — M.R.Cohen > < it became in time the principal brief and basic blueprint for the expansion of the Air Force — Gordon Harrison > synopsis usually implies a skeletal presentation, especially of a narrative or proposed narrative, that can be apprehended in a moment or rapidly < a synopsis of an argument > < the synopsis is an outline of three or four typewritten pages containing the barest summary of character and action … made for the convenience of the producer — V.I.Pudovkin > conspectus implies a quick overall but relatively complete view of something complex or extremely detailed on more leisurely careful examination < a detached and objective conspectus of the ideological background and basis of Soviet communism — Times Literary Supplement > < the book … will contain a full conspectus of the published treatises — Mediaeval Academy News > < a detailed conspectus of this society's values — J.J.Spengler > epitome suggests the briefest possible condensation yet extreme accuracy in presentation, a complex whole in miniature, usually with an independent value as a whole < having an epitome of all these findings upon a single sheet — L.F.Barker > < epitomes of British novels circulated widely — H.R.Warfel > < the title is a neat epitome of the contents — Current Biography >
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