abbreviating是什么意思？

abbreviating

• v. 使简短( abbreviate的现在分词 )，缩简，缩略，使用缩写词；

例句

• Abbreviating some words when listening to the news can promote your listening ability. 听新闻的时候做下缩写能提高你的听力水平.
• Develop your own way of abbreviating words. 养成自己词语缩略方法.
• Savings from abbreviating any one name aren't dramatic, but they add up. 任何单个名字的缩写都不可能带来戏剧性的节省, 但是它们可以累积起来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  缩写;缩简;缩短
  If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
  例句
  He abbreviated his first name to Alec. 他将自己的名字缩写为亚历克。