1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

   "The manuscript must be shortened"
   

2. lessen, diminish, or curtail;

   "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
   

1. 缩短：[记]联想:不(b)水平(level)就成斜面(bevel). [记]联想:东方(east)人喜欢把野兽(beast)搬上盛宴(feast),吃剩下后由酵母(yeast)发酵,相当浪费. [记]联想:有了一个(a)桥梁(bridge)就缩短(abridge)了两岸的距离;桥梁(bridge)去掉b就成了屋脊(ridge).

2. abridge在线翻译

2. 剥夺：abridgable 可以删节的 |abridge 剥夺 |abridged 省略的

3. abridge的解释

3. 省略：abridge 节略的 |abridge 省略 |abridged Admiralty Chart Folios <>

• Thy staying will abridge thy life.

  出自：Two Gentlemen of Verona,Shakespeare

He decide to abridge his stay here after he receive a letter from home.

他接到家信后决定缩短在这里的逗留时间。

This is an abridged edition of "war and peace".

这是“战争与和平”的节略版。

It was abridged from the original work.

这是原书的节录本。

Thus he may abridge his travel , with much profit.

只要做到上述各点,他就能在短期游历中受益良多.

They are going to abridge that dictionary.

他们将要精简那本字典.

A 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.

Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.

节省一丝一毫金钱, 不会比为小小的收入而屈尊丢脸.

Book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.

图书出版者经作者许可,可以对作品修改、删节.

Article 33 Book publishers may modify or abridge works with the license of authors.

第三十三条图书出版者经作者许可,可以对作品修改、删节.

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。