unabridged

/ˌʌnəˈbrɪdʒd/ (bre, ipa) · [ˌʌnəbrˈɪdʒd] /ˌʌnəˈbrɪdʒd/ (ame, ipa) · [ˌʌnəbrˈɪdʒd] /ˌən-ə-ˈbrijd How to pronounce unabridged (audio)/ (ame, mw)

unabridged — adjective

  • unabridgedpositive
  • more unabridgedcomparative
  • most unabridgedsuperlative

1. describes a book or other written work that keeps every part of the original, wi

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describes a book or other written work that keeps every part of the original, with nothing removed to make it shorter.

例句

Aunt Rosa gave Jin an unabridged copy of the novel for his birthday.

unabridged copy of [book/novel]

The library's unabridged dictionary weighs nearly ten kilograms.

unabridged dictionary

同義詞
  • complete

    more general; can apply to any whole thing, not only texts

  • full-length

    commonly used for films and books that are not shortened

  • uncut

    often used for films or recordings that have not been censored or edited

  • unexpurgated

    implies that nothing considered offensive has been removed; stronger connotation than unabridged

反義詞
  • abridged

    direct opposite; an abridged text has been deliberately shortened

  • condensed

    suggests the text has been shortened by summarizing rather than cutting

  • shortened

    a general term for any text made shorter

用法筆記

Most often used with nouns such as edition, version, copy, text, dictionary, or audiobook. The opposite is abridged.

常見錯誤

❌She likes unabridged audiobooks because they are shorter.
✅She likes unabridged audiobooks because they contain the full original content.
💡unabridged means full-length or uncut, not shorter.