abbreviation
/əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˌbrē-vē-ˈā-shən/ (ame, mw)
abbreviation — 名詞
1. a letter or group of letters that stands in for a longer word or phrase, so peop
縮寫；簡稱
代表較長字詞的字母組合
a letter or group of letters that stands in for a longer word or phrase, so people can write or say it more quickly.
'Dr.' is the common abbreviation of 'Doctor' in English.
「Dr.」是英文「Doctor」常見的縮寫。
abbreviation of + full word
Renata kept asking what the abbreviation 'TBA' on the timetable meant.
Renata 一直在問課表上「TBA」這個縮寫是什麼意思。
naming a specific abbreviation in quotes
Doctors often use abbreviations like 'BP' for blood pressure on patient charts.
醫生常在病歷上用像「BP」這種代表血壓的縮寫。
Please write your country name in full, not as an abbreviation.
請寫出國名全名，不要使用縮寫。
The chat app is full of strange abbreviations that older users do not understand.
這個聊天 app 充滿了年長使用者看不懂的奇怪縮寫。
- acronym
specifically an abbreviation pronounced as a word, like NASA
- initialism
an abbreviation said letter by letter, like FBI
- short form
everyday wording for the same idea
- contraction
a shortened form using an apostrophe, like 'don't' for 'do not'
- full form
the complete unshortened word or phrase
文法句型
abbreviation of/for + noun
用法筆記
Often followed by 'of' (when naming the long form: 'abbreviation of Doctor') or 'for' (when naming what it stands for: 'abbreviation for blood pressure'). The countable sense is far more common than sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. the action of making a word, title, or text shorter by leaving out letters, syll
縮減；簡略化
把字詞或文句變短的動作
the action of making a word, title, or text shorter by leaving out letters, syllables, or whole sections.
Through abbreviation, 'television' was reduced to 'TV' in everyday speech.
經過縮減，「television」在日常口語中變成了「TV」。
uncountable: 'through abbreviation'
The editor allowed some abbreviation of long quotations to fit the page limit.
編輯允許將過長的引文做一些縮減，以符合頁數限制。
abbreviation of + noun phrase
Strict abbreviation of patient names is required to protect their privacy.
為了保護病患隱私，必須嚴格將病患姓名加以縮減。
The professor warned against the heavy abbreviation of source titles in the bibliography.
教授警告學生，不要在參考書目中過度縮減資料來源的標題。
- shortening
plain, everyday wording for the same process
- abridgment
formal; usually for shortening books, speeches, or documents
- truncation
technical; cutting off the end of something, often in computing
- expansion
writing out the full form of a shortened word
文法句型
abbreviation of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Uncountable in this sense — never use 'an abbreviation' or plural 'abbreviations' here. Distinguish from sense 1 (countable, the resulting short form): sense 2 names the process; sense 1 names the product of that process.