abridgement
[ə'brɪdʒmənt]
n.
节本;
缩减;
节略;
(权利、特权、自由等的)剥夺;
例句:
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An abridgement of the book has been published for young readers.
他们为年轻读者出版了这本书的节本.
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The town council voted for an abridgement of the mayor's power.
市议会投票赞成限制市长的权力.
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He read an abridgement of the long novel.
他读了那部长篇小说的节本.
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The Simplified Spelling Board, endorsed by Theodore Roosevelt, had excised the extra e from abridgement.
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