日常生活中大家一定见过各式各样的英文缩略词,诸如:ATM/EMS/GPS/VIP等。观看综艺节目时很可能见过VCR情节,美剧爱好者则必定见过FBI/CIA等词,港剧中则会时不时出现ICAC。
这些都属于英语中的缩略词用法,其作用在于实现语言表达的简洁性。老师为此汇总整理了最常见的英文缩略词以及英文句子表达中常见缩写用法,拿出你的笔记本开始学习吧……
英文缩略词
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电子科技类
IT:信息技术(Information Technology)
PC:个人电脑(Personal Computer)
APP:应用程序(Application)
CPU:中央处理器(Central Processing Unit)
www:环球信息网/万维网(World Wide Web)
WiFi:无线网络/无线保真技术(Wireless Fidelity)
CD:光盘/激光唱片(Compact Disk)
DJ:音乐节目主持人(Disc Jockey)
TEL:电话机(Telephone)
VCD:录像光盘(Video Compact Disk)
DVD:数字录像光盘(Digital Video Disk)
VCR:盒式磁带录像(Video Cassette Recorder)
MV:音乐短片(Music Video)
KTV:卡拉OK(Karaok TV)
TV:电视(TeleVision)
GPS:全球定位系统(Global Positioning System)
ETC:不停车收费系统(Electronic Toll Collection)
ABS:防锁死刹车系统(Antilock Brake System)
SUV:运动型多用途轿车(Sport Utility Vehicle)
BRT:快速公交系统(Bus Rapid Transit)
LRT:轻轨公交系统(Light Rail Transit)
ATM:自动取款机(Automatic Teller Machine)
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国家/地区及国际组织类
PRC:中华人民共和国(The People's Republic of China)
HK:香港(Hong Kong)
JP:日本(Japan)
KR:韩国(Korea)
UK:英国(United Kingdom)
US:美国(United States)
USA:美国(United States of America)
RUS:俄罗斯(Russia)
SGP:新加坡(Singapore)
EU:欧洲联盟/欧盟(European union)
UN:联合国(United Nations)
WTO:世界贸易组织(World Trade Organization)
WHO:世界卫生组织(World Health Organization)
CIA:美国中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency)
FBI:美国联邦调查局(Federal Bureau of investigation)
FDA:食品药品监督管理局(Food and Drug Administration)
ICAC:廉政公署(Independent Commission Against Corruption)
OPEC:石油输出国组织/欧佩克(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
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not相关的否定缩写
通常在原词后加n’t,若原词以n结尾,直接加’t。
1、系动词 + not:
isn’t = is not;wasn’t = was not
aren’t = are not;weren’t = were not
注意:am not一般不缩写。
2、助动词 + not:
don’t = do not;doesn’t = does not
didn’t = did not;haven’t = have not
hasn’t = has not;hadn’t = had not
3、情态动词 + not:
can’t = can not;couldn’t = could not
won’t = will not;wouldn’t = would not
shouldn’t = should not
◆例句
1、Tom isn’t my brother. = Tom is not my brother.(汤姆不是我的弟弟。)
2、He didn’t come back. = He did not come back.(他没有回来。)
3、She can’t finish the work alone. = She can not finish the work alone. (她无法独自完成工作。)
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人称代词+系动词的缩写
am缩写成’m,are缩写成’re,is缩写成’s。
I’m = I am;he’s = he is;she’s = she is
you’re = you are;we’re = we are
they’re = they are;there’re = there are
there’s = there is;that’s = that is;it’s = it is
注意:this is一般不缩写。
◆例句
1、I’m a teacher. = I am a teacher.(我是老师。)
2、They’re my friends. = They are my friends.(他们是我的朋友。)
3、There’s a book in my bag. = There is a book in my bag.(我包里有一本书。)
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