abridge

UK:  [ə'brɪdʒ]

US:  [ə'brɪdʒ]

第三人称单数：abridges  现在分词：abridging  过去分词：abridged  

v.

1.省略,摘要,节略,删节

2.减少,缩短;节省

3.剥夺

1 . But this man of the cloth would not abridge sermons calling on his abstemious parishioners to also abrogate human bondage.
但是，这位牧师不会缩短他的布道，它是用来号召他的有节制的教区居民放弃人类的枷锁的啊。

2 . and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
第三，许多简化劳动和缩减劳动的机械的发明，使一个人能够做许多人的工作。

3 . I could write a whole list on the lost etiquette of dinner - but I shall simply abridge it for this list.
我可以把全部的晚餐礼仪写出来但是我在这里只提及几个。

4 . The regime continued to abridge the right of citizens to change their government and committed other severe human rights abuses.
当局继续剥夺公民改变政府的权利，并且还犯有严重侵犯人权的罪行。

5 . Traditionally, locals do not abbreviate it to "R. V. " or abridge it to "Royston" .
当地人传统上不会把它缩写为“罗。村”或简写为“罗伊斯顿”。