vt.使简短,缩简,缩略,使用缩写词 n.使用缩写词的人,缩短，缩写（词、短语、名字、名称）
Also , try to avoid abbreviations. If you must abbreviate, use standard abbreviations.
避免用缩略语, 如果必须, 要用标准缩略语.
We shall abbreviate'directed graph'to digraph.
我们将把“有方向的图”简称为方向图.
She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.
她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力.