English Dictionary

abridgment

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mn̩t/

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用 古風

(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation / (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. / (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

日本語の意味

要約、略本（原文の内容を短くまとめたもの） / 短縮、簡略化された形態（内容が削減された状態）

The author's protest against the abridgment of his memoir reached the publisher, who promised to reconsider.

著者は自伝を要約されることへの抗議を出版社に伝え、出版社は再検討を約束した。

意味（1）

(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation

an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses

意味（2）

(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.

意味（3）

(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.

意味（4）

(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly

What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music?

意味（5）

(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

意味（6）

(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.

abridgments （ plural ）