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shorthand n.速记；缩写 (1) 她想到要复习一下过去学过的速记术。(2) 他将会议记录速记下来。(3) 其他人则认为其威胁性并不高于电报或速记里的缩写带来的影响。 It can be hard to write as fast as people speak, and that's where shorthand comes in. Shorthand is a method of rapidly transcribing exactly what someone says using special symbols, the way a court stenographer or a newspaper reporter does. It's less common to use shorthand these days, with the availability of recording devices, but in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was standard in offices.

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英 ['ʃɔːthænd] 美 ['ʃɔːrthænd] (1) She thought of brushing up her shorthand.(2) He took down the minute in shorthand.(3) Others see it as no more menacing than shorthand for telegrams or typing. Shorthand is a way of writing quickly, using a lot of abbreviations. Reporters often use shorthand during interviews to keep up with how fast people talk. 1[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。2[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.   [also a N]'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。

英语单词	shorthand
英美音标	英 ['ʃɔːthænd] 美 ['ʃɔːrthænd]
中文释义	n.速记；缩写
英语例句	(1) She thought of brushing up her shorthand. (2) He took down the minute in shorthand. (3) Others see it as no more menacing than shorthand for telegrams or typing.
中文例句	(1) 她想到要复习一下过去学过的速记术。 (2) 他将会议记录速记下来。 (3) 其他人则认为其威胁性并不高于电报或速记里的缩写带来的影响。
vocabulary简明	Shorthand is a way of writing quickly, using a lot of abbreviations. Reporters often use shorthand during interviews to keep up with how fast people talk.
vocabulary扩展	It can be hard to write as fast as people speak, and that's where shorthand comes in. Shorthand is a method of rapidly transcribing exactly what someone says using special symbols, the way a court stenographer or a newspaper reporter does. It's less common to use shorthand these days, with the availability of recording devices, but in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was standard in offices.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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. [also a N] '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。

Shorthand Writing Fast People Write N Uncount 不可数名词 Quick