abridge

英[ə'bridʒ]美[ə'bridʒ]

v.[T]
删节，缩短，剥夺

名　词：abridg'er

同：	[v.] abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten
反：	[v.] dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand

A book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
[同] abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
[反] dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
lessen, diminish, or curtail
- the new law might abridge our freedom of expression

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