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单词 stenography
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Definition of stenography in English:

stenography

noun stəˈnɒɡrəfistɛˈnɒɡrəfistəˈnɑɡrəfi
mass nounNorth American
  • The action or process of writing in shorthand and transcribing the shorthand on a typewriter.

    〈北美〉速记;速记法;速记回译

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its first students studied ‘commercial skills’ such as typing and stenography.
    • The other young stars, judging by their paucity of further credits, apparently used the film as a springboard to careers in such varied fields as stenography, dental hygiene, and automotive repair.
    • The chore of stenography, however, was open to both men and women in the beginning.
    • It's called a stenotype machine, and it's also used for captioning television broadcasts and general office stenography.
    • When she returned home to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she enrolled immediately in a local commercial college and a year later, after learning typing and stenography, sent out applications.
    • Unlike most other crimes, it is technically possible for a spy to encrypt, hide evidence using stenography, or both, and even completely delete all traces of evidence that was once on media.
    • While a young adult, she teaches herself stenography, which will become one of the primary means of sustaining herself for the rest of her life.
    • The speed and accuracy of stenography make it ideally suited to capturing the fast, and unpredictable, output of live broadcasts.
    • Those attending are the White House correspondents, their average age surprisingly young, whose job - though involving some exotic travel and hobnobbing - tends toward a form of stenography.
    • He informed people of the importance of Urdu stenography and Urdu computer software.
    • Born near London, England, Insull learned stenography, emigrated to America, and landed a job in 1880 as the personal secretary of Thomas Edison.
    • They sought a white-collar and clerical staff capable of using the latest office machinery, with modern office skills (such as stenography and typing), polished grammar, and some mathematical prowess.
    • She graduated from the renowned Boston's Girls' High School and shortly thereafter pursued stenography for a livelihood.
    • Barely 12 or 13 inmates had turned up during 1998-2003 for tailoring and stenography.

Derivatives

  • stenographic

  • adjective stɛnəˈɡrafɪkˌstɛnəˈɡræfɪk
    North American
    • The paper encourages reporters to incorporate analysis into their reporting rather than compose a stenographic procession of facts, quotations, and official denials, allowing it in many cases to get closer to the truth than its rivals.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sales included a rare first edition of Sir Isaac's stenographic shorthand from 1837, which fetched £763 and a £2,115 manuscript volume of his correspondence in shorthand between 1839 and 1843.
      • There should be a full stenographic record of the hearing available to the parties concerned.
      • This stenographic reliance on official sources is not in keeping with independent journalism.
      • More insidious than the numerous hothead pundits are the far more numerous reporters who can't stop providing stenographic services to official sources under the guise of journalism.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Greek stenos 'narrow' + -graphy.

Rhymes

autobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, radiography, reprography, topography, typography

Definition of stenography in US English:

stenography

nounstəˈnɑɡrəfistəˈnäɡrəfē
North American
  • The action or process of writing in shorthand or taking dictation.

    〈北美〉速记;速记法;速记回译

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Born near London, England, Insull learned stenography, emigrated to America, and landed a job in 1880 as the personal secretary of Thomas Edison.
    • The chore of stenography, however, was open to both men and women in the beginning.
    • The other young stars, judging by their paucity of further credits, apparently used the film as a springboard to careers in such varied fields as stenography, dental hygiene, and automotive repair.
    • Its first students studied ‘commercial skills’ such as typing and stenography.
    • He informed people of the importance of Urdu stenography and Urdu computer software.
    • It's called a stenotype machine, and it's also used for captioning television broadcasts and general office stenography.
    • While a young adult, she teaches herself stenography, which will become one of the primary means of sustaining herself for the rest of her life.
    • When she returned home to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she enrolled immediately in a local commercial college and a year later, after learning typing and stenography, sent out applications.
    • They sought a white-collar and clerical staff capable of using the latest office machinery, with modern office skills (such as stenography and typing), polished grammar, and some mathematical prowess.
    • She graduated from the renowned Boston's Girls' High School and shortly thereafter pursued stenography for a livelihood.
    • The speed and accuracy of stenography make it ideally suited to capturing the fast, and unpredictable, output of live broadcasts.
    • Unlike most other crimes, it is technically possible for a spy to encrypt, hide evidence using stenography, or both, and even completely delete all traces of evidence that was once on media.
    • Barely 12 or 13 inmates had turned up during 1998-2003 for tailoring and stenography.
    • Those attending are the White House correspondents, their average age surprisingly young, whose job - though involving some exotic travel and hobnobbing - tends toward a form of stenography.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Greek stenos ‘narrow’ + -graphy.

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