| 单词 | abridgment |
| 释义 | abridgment /euh brij"meuhnt/, n. 1. a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace. 2. the act or process of abridging. 3. the state of being abridged. 4. reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights. Also, abridgement. [1400-50; late ME abreg(g)ement, abrygement < MF abregement. See ABRIDGE, -MENT] Syn. 1. digest, epitome; compendium, synopsis, abstract, summary, précis, conspectus; syllabus, brief, outline. 2. reduction, shortening, contraction, compression. Ant. 1, 2. expansion, enlargement. |
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