1.缩短;缩写为;简称
2.节略,省略,缩写
3.【数】约分
1.to shorten a word by leaving out some of its letters or sounds
2.to shorten a piece of text by cutting sections or paraphrasing it
1.Because long words are never easy to be remembered so they need to be abbreviated, it shows by it selves.
因为只有长的单词不容易被记住才需要被“缩写”，这个单词通过本身体现了本意。
2.This article is an abbreviated discussion of a complex topic and does not constitute advice to be applied to any specific situation.
这篇文章是一个复杂的题目的一个缩写的讨论并且不形成建议被用于任何具体的形势。
3.The book is often referred to by the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland.
该书是经常提到的名称缩写为爱丽丝仙境。
4.Mozilla prefers Firefox to be abbreviated as Fx or fx, though it is often abbreviated as FF.
Mozilla基金会的Firefox是喜欢缩写为外汇或外汇，但它是通常缩写为法郎。
5.This can be confusing because a Reader Names or Author field displays canonical data in an abbreviated format to make it easier to read.
这可能会造成混淆，因为ReaderNames或Author字段以缩写格式来显示规范数据，以便于阅读。
6.The name Susan is often abbreviated to Sue.
人名Susan经常被缩写为Sue。
7.It was almost canceled at the last moment and was eventually curtailed from five to three days with many panels cut or abbreviated.
最后一刻它几乎被取消，并最终由五天缩短为三天，同时增加了诸多限制。
8.The most common form of DNA profile, abbreviated RFLP, is a way of showing the unique patterns of bases in some of these areas.
dna剖析图测定最普通的一种形态，缩写为rflp，是用来表示这样一些区域中碱基的特有图案的一种方法。
9.He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article.
他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
10.The basic idea of the restoration method is to re-establish the abbreviated Tibetan word to its original form by the reinstallation rules.
其基本思想是：利用藏文紧缩词的添接规则还原藏文原文，以达到进行分词的目的。