abbreviate

US:  [əˈbriːviːeɪt]

过去分词：abbreviated  现在分词：abbreviating  第三人称单数：abbreviates  

v.

1.缩短;缩写为;简称

2.节略,省略,缩写

3.【数】约分

1 . The clergyman would only absolve his torturers , abbreviate none of his final words which once more called on the abolition of slavery.
这位牧师只会赦免折磨他的那些人的罪恶，他不会简化最后的话语，它们会再次用来号召废除奴隶制。

2 . I don't believe it will be necessary to abbreviate any of them, but leave the first paragraph out. It's just a greeting.
我认为不必缩减任何字，但是删去第一段，它只是段问候语。

3 . Please write down the names and addresses of both the sender and the recipient legibly and do not abbreviate or use initials.
请填上汇款人与收款人的姓名、地址。字迹要清楚，不要缩写，要用全称。

4 . This breed of snobbish, opinionated Brit (let's abbreviate that to Sob) tends not to have visited the United States very much, if at all.
这种顽固又势利的英国人（我们就简称他们做势利鬼吧）往往很少来美国参观，或者根本没来过。

5 . To refer to and abbreviate the name of a namespace, again use xmlns declarations.
为了引用和简化名称空间的名字，同样要使用xmlns声明。