Abridge

(verb.) lessen, diminish, or curtail; 'the new law might abridge our freedom of expression'.

(verb.) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; 'The manuscript must be shortened'.

校对:梅雷迪思

• The Hungarian mines are wrought by freemen, who employ a great deal of machinery, by which they facilitate and abridge their own labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I abridge nothing I have ever bestowed upon her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He wrote because he liked to write; he did not abridge, because he cared not to abridge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• First, of all useful machines and instruments of trade, which facilitate and abridge labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I find this in Père Boschovich's account of it, as abridged in the Monthly Review for December, 1750. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• That Tuesday afternoon the transient doze--more like lethargy than sleep--which sometimes abridged the long days, had stolen over her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Thirdly, and lastly, everybody must be sensible how much labour is facilitated and abridged by the application of proper machinery. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In Heaven's name, said he, to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• My day was lonely, but the prospect of coming evening abridged and cheered it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins, an abridged account of all Mr. Jingle's atrocities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• His general description is easily abridged. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Kepler's studies were facilitated by the invention, in 1614 by John Napier, of logarithms, which have b een said, by abridging tedious calculations, to double the life of an astronomer. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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