Verb:

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

   "The manuscript must be shortened"
   

2. shorten;

   "abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
   

1.缩写;缩简;缩短
If youabbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.

e.g. He abbreviated his first name to Alec.
他将自己的名字缩写为亚历克。

abbreviated
It was an abbreviated document without detailed proposals.
这是一份省去了建议细节的文件简本。

1. abbreviate

1. 缩写：如果你在中途退出了vim而不能恢复原先的编辑环境的话,你又要重新打开你所打开的文件,重新定义你的映射(map)、缩写(abbreviate),重新定位你所设定的标记的位置(mark),重新设置项目相关设置(options)......不是一般的麻烦!

2. abbreviate的解释

2. 缩写,简化：abbreviate 缩写,简化 | abc; ABC 初步,入门,基础知识 | abdomen 腹(部)

3. 缩短,节略：brevity 简短 |abbreviate缩短,节略 | cede 走

4.

4. 略：abacus 算盘 |abbreviate 略 | abbreviation 简化

In writing, the title `Doctor' is abbreviated to `Dr'.

在书写时，Doctor头衔的缩写是Dr.

It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.

在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。

The teacher asked me to abbreviate my report to one page .

老师让我把报告缩短为一页。

The United States of america is commonly abbreviated to U.S.a..

美利坚合众国常被缩略为 U.

Where appropriate, abbreviated forms are used.

适当的地方用了缩写形式。

the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (usually abbreviated to JPL)

喷气推进实验室（通常缩写成JPL）

He abbreviated his first name to Alec.

他将自己的名字缩写为亚历克。

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.

I like to abbreviate my title since it's easier for human to remember.

我喜爱简写我的姓名,因该那样大部分人更简易记住.

I like to abbreviate my name because it's easier for people to remember.

我喜欢缩写我的名字,因为这样人们更容易记忆.

Don't be afraid to abbreviate. You should cut a paragraph here and shorten one there.

别怕缩短文章. 你应该把这段删去,把那段缩短一些.

Which of these words do you want me to abbreviate for the telegram?

您要我将这些字中的哪些字缩写成电报?

Objective : To study the relation between Obstructive sleep apnea hpoventilation syndrome ( abbreviate OSAHS ) and Cardiovascular disease.

目的: 探讨阻塞型睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合症 ( OSAHS ) 与心血管疾病的关系.

Is this abbreviate in ALD the financial middle finger of retail trade what?

ALD这个缩写在零售业的财务中指什么 呢 ?

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.

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.

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.

Dish bird: The meaning of OICQ, do I love the phoneticize abbreviate of Chongqing?

菜鸟: OICQ的含义, 是不是我爱重庆的拼音缩写?

It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.

在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的.

The satisfiability problem of conjunction normal form ( abbreviate SAT problem ) is an NP _ complete problem.

合取范式可满足性问题 ( 简称SAT问题 ) 是一个NP完全问题.

Accordng to the abbreviate Injury Score ( AIS ) and Injury Severe Score ( ISS ) , diagnosis and treatment were done simultaneously.

按照紧急生命评估程序边诊断边救治. 创伤严重程度按照AISISS标准评分.

shorten，abbreviate，abridge，cut

这些动词均含有“缩短”之意。

shorten通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。

abbreviate指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。

abridge多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。

cut普通用词，指任何缩短而缩减的过程。