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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- abbreviation
[əbriːvɪ'eɪʃən]
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noun
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缩写
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CD is an {or} the abbreviation for compact disc
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CD是compact disc的缩写
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- abbreviation
[əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən]
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1.
n.[c]
缩写词，略语
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Please avoid using abbreviations that may be confusing to everyone but the author.
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请避免使用那些会令除作者本人之外的所有人都迷惑不解的缩略语。
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2.
n.[c]
删除，省略
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Saturday's performance was an abbreviation of the more famous longer version of the play.
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周六演出的是该戏剧更长版本的删节版。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- abbreviation
[ə"briːvɪ'eɪʃən]
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n
a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used in place of the whole
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2.
n
the process or result of abbreviating
Examples
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Could you expand this abbreviation? I don't know what it stands for.
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你能写出这个缩写的全称吗？我不明白它的意思。
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NATO 是英文 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 的缩写。
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NATO is the abbreviation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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