abridge·ment, esp 美 abridg·ment [əˈbrɪʤmənt] 名词
1. abridgement of a book:
- abridgement (version)
- gekürzte Ausgabe
- abridgement (summary)
- Kurzfassung f <-, -en>
2. abridgement no pl (shortening):
- abridgement
- Kürzung f <-, -en>
- letters to the editor are subject to abridgment
- der Herausgeber behält sich vor, Leserbriefe zu kürzen
单语范例（未经PONS编辑处理）
The most serious human rights problem was the government's abridgement of the right of citizens to change or significantly influence their government.
foreignpolicy.com For the ways in which restrictions are to be determined and imposed and the criteria which apply to the formulation of permitted abridgement are pivotal.
www.ghanaweb.com But the book admits of some abridgement without losing out on anything significant.
www.thehindu.com The decision did not define the exact parameters that would qualify a work as a valid abridgement.
en.wikipedia.org The account is known to us only as an abridgement, which in turn had undergone several iterations by various copyists.
en.wikipedia.org 互联网提供的例句（未经PONS编辑处理）
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www.kartengeschichte.ch It is at the board of editor s discretion to alter texts or to propose abridgements.
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Es steht im Ermessen des Redaktionsteams, Änderungen oder Kürzungen vorzuschlagen oder selbst vorzunehmen.
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www.girolamo.de Apart from two abridgements and a few minor changes, the fourth movement ( that covers about 30 % of the sonata ) has been borrowed from the first movement of the violin concert op.4 no.6 ( RV 316a ) by Vivaldi.
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Die Musik des vierten Satzes ( und dies sind immerhin ca. 30 % der Sonate ) stammt bis auf zwei Kürzungen und wenige minimale Veränderungen von Vivaldi.
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