abbreviation
	英 [əbriːvɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [ə'brivɪ'eʃən]
	    
		英文词源
	
	- abbreviation (n.)
 - mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (nominative abbreviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of abbreviare "shorten, make brief," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (see brief (adj.)).
 
 
		双语例句
	
	- 1. A. D. is the abbreviation for " advertisement " . 
  - A. D. 是 advertisement 的缩写.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
 
- 2. " Mr " is the abbreviation of " Mister ". 
  - “ Mr ” 是 “ Mister ” 的缩写.
  来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
 
- 3. Each Reader's Digest condensed book is an abbreviation of an originally longer work. 
  - 《读者文摘》都是较长原著的缩写本.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
 
- 4. The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS. 
  - 堪萨斯州的邮政缩写是KS。
  来自辞典例句
 
- 5. Isn't that the abbreviation for manuscript? 
  - 这不是手稿一词的缩写 吗 ?
  来自辞典例句