abbreviate學測 L6KK [əˈbriviˌet] ｜ /əˈbriviˌeɪt/
縮短；省略·縮減；摘要
動詞，把字詞縮短，常見於縮寫與摘要
The teacher asked us to abbreviate long chemical names when we take notes in science class.
老師要我們在自然課抄筆記時，把冗長的化學名稱縮寫。
一個畫面：剪短緞帶
抓緞帶手裡抓著一條太長的緞帶
剪短它喀嚓一剪，剪掉多餘的部分
打結收尾留下短短一段，意思還在
義項
報告瘦身C1verb縮短；省略
She had only five minutes, so she decided to abbreviate her oral report.
她只有五分鐘，所以決定把口頭報告的內容縮短。
abbreviate a wordabbreviate a name
報告縮頁B2verb縮減；摘要
We need to abbreviate the five-page report into a short two-page version.
我們得把這份五頁的報告縮減成兩頁的短版。
abbreviate a reportabbreviate a document
片語
abbreviate ... to ...簡稱為 →把某詞簡稱為某縮寫
be abbreviated as ...縮寫成 →某詞的正式縮寫是
你會不會這樣說？
The teacher asked us to ___ the term. (abbreviate / abbreviation)
看答案
abbreviate
abbreviate 是動詞，abbreviation 是名詞。
下面哪一句的 abbreviate 用得對？第一句：The teacher asked us to abbreviate Dec. to December on the label. 第二句：The teacher asked us to abbreviate December to Dec. on the label.（第一句／第二句）
看答案
第二句
abbreviate 是把寫法縮短，不能把短寫法擴成全稱。
字族
abbreviation 縮寫；縮短說法・abbreviated 縮寫的；簡短的