[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]速记；速记法Shorthand is a quick way of writing and uses signs to represent words or syllables. Shorthand is used by secretaries and journalists to write down what someone is saying.
Ben took notes in shorthand.
本用速记法记笔记。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](对某事)简略的表达方式 You can use shorthand to mean a quick or simple way of referring to something.
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'Third World' is an abstraction, a form of shorthand...
“第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。
The fiction that 'he' is a neutral shorthand for 'he or she' is no longer acceptable to many.
认为“他”是“他或她”的中性简称的这种说法，很多人已不再接受。
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short·hand/ˈʃɔːthænd; NAmEˈʃɔːrthænd/noun1(NAmE alsosten·og·raphy)[uncountable ]a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what sb is saying 速记（法）◆typing and shorthand打字和速记◆to take sth down in shorthand用速记记录某事◆a shorthand typist速记打字员2[uncountable , countable, usually singular ]shorthand(for sth) a shorter way of saying or referring to sth, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it （对某事）简略的表达方式short·hand/ˈʃɔːthænd; NAmEˈʃɔːrthænd/
1a fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, and phrasesin shorthand The reporter took notes in shorthand. a secretary who takes shorthand (=writes in shorthand) →
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2a shorter but less clear way of saying somethingshorthand for He’s been ‘relocated’, which is shorthand for ‘given a worse job a long way away’.
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