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释义 | 英语中缩略构词的方法主要有以下 7 种。 1. 减法: airplane( 去头) telephone ( 去头) literature( 去尾) advertisement doctor( 去尾) influenza( 去头尾) detective( 去头尾) 2. 混成法: motel ( motor + hotel) boatel ( boat + hotel) 3. 首字母缩略法: ABC ( Advanced Booking Char- ter) CREEP ( Committee for the Re- election of the President) 4. 收缩法: supt. ( superintendent / support) patd. ( patented) atty. ( attorney) 5. 保留辅音法: hdwd. ( hardwood) blvd. ( boulevard) hdqrs. ( headquarters) tspt. ( transport) tsp. ( teaspoonful) 6. 仿音法: IOU( 借据) ( 根据“I owe you”的发音缩略而成,英语解释为“A piece of paper that you sign to say that you owe someone an amount of money.”) : The letters “IOU” sound like “I owe you.” 7. 委婉缩略法: gd( goddamned) sob ( son of a bitch) |
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