abbreviation

US [əˌbriviˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [əˌbriːviˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.缩写；【数学】约分；【音乐】略号；〔数〕约分
  • Web缩写词；省略；简称
Plural Form：abbreviations  

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abbreviation
n.
1.
[c]
~ (of/for sth)
略语；缩写词；缩写形式a short form of a word, etc.
What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’?
Saint 的缩写形式是什么？
2.
[u]
缩略；缩写the process of abbreviating sth

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1.
This latter term would even preserve the abbreviation DSD , but would give it a more widely accepted meaning .
后一个术语甚至可能会附和缩写DSD，但是可能会让更多人接受这个含意。
hòu yī gè shù yǔ shèn zhì kě néng huì fù hè suō xiě DSD , dàn shì kě néng huì ràng gèng duō rén jiē shòu zhè ge hán yì 。
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2.
And soon OK was to find its place in many languages as a reminder of a familiar word or abbreviation.
很快OK就在不同语言中作为某个常见单词或缩写词的提示语存在。
hěn kuài OK jiù zài bù tóng yǔ yán zhōng zuò wéi mǒu gè cháng jiàn dān cí huò suō xiě cí de tí shì yǔ cún zài 。
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3.
I'm not a prodigy, but people close to me that I prodigies, I puzzled, until they know the abbreviation of comrade is a mental derangement!
我不是神童，但我身边的人都叫我神童，我百思不得其解，直到后来才知道是神经病同志的简称！
wǒ bú shì shén tóng , dàn wǒ shēn biān de rén dōu jiào wǒ shén tóng , wǒ bǎi sī bù dé qí jiě , zhí dào hòu lái cái zhī dào shì shén jīng bìng tóng zhì de jiǎn chēng !
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4.
which had the abbreviation of her name.
算盘上有她的名字的缩写。
suàn pán shàng yǒu tā de míng zì de suō xiě 。
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5.
If you want one of the 676 possible two-letter sequences, forinstance for an acronym or abbreviation, you're out of luck: They're all taken.
如果你取2字母序列组合的676中的一种，作为一种缩写，那你注定不会走运。它们都已经名花有主了。
rú guǒ nǐ qǔ èr zì mǔ xù liè zǔ hé de liù bǎi qī shí liù zhōng de yī zhǒng , zuò wéi yī zhǒng suō xiě , nà nǐ zhù dìng bú huì zǒu yùn 。 tā men dōu yǐ jīng míng huā yǒu zhǔ le 。
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6.
Abbreviation a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole .
单词或短语的一种缩写形式，用于替代整体。
dān cí huò duǎn yǔ de yī zhǒng suō xiě xíng shì , yòng yú tì dài zhěng tǐ 。
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7.
Cartoon animation and comics are collectively referred to with the abbreviation, in other languages with very few.
动漫是动画和漫画的合称与缩写，在其他语言相当少用。
dòng màn shì dòng huà hé màn huà de hé chēng yǔ suō xiě , zài qí tā yǔ yán xiāng dāng shǎo yòng 。
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8.
You develop the locator so that you and others in your group recognize it as an abbreviation for a project.
你开发了定位，使你和你组别人都承认，这对一个项目的简称。
nǐ kāi fā le dìng wèi , shǐ nǐ hé nǐ zǔ bié rén dōu chéng rèn , zhè duì yī gè xiàng mù de jiǎn chēng 。
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9.
Other strings may have to be a certain number of characters, too, such as two letters for a U. S. state abbreviation.
其他字符串可能是特定数目的字符，例如两个字母表示的美国各州的缩写。
qí tā zì fú chuàn kě néng shì tè dìng shù mù de zì fú , lì rú liǎng gè zì mǔ biǎo shì de měi guó gè zhōu de suō xiě 。
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10.
By convention an atom of an element is represented by an abbreviation of the element's name.
按照惯例，一种元素的原子由该元素名称的缩写来表示。
àn zhào guàn lì , yī zhǒng yuán sù de yuán zǐ yóu gāi yuán sù míng chēng de suō xiě lái biǎo shì 。
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