1 N-UNCOUNT 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. 速记;速记法
2 N-UNCOUNT [oft a NOUN] (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. (对某事)简略的表达方式
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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。
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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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