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词汇 shorthand
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shorthand

Word family  nounshortageshortenershorteningshortieshortnessshortarseshortbreadshortcakeshort circuitshortcomingshortfallshortgownshorthandshorthornshortlistshortstopshort storyshortswordshort-termismshort waveverbshortenshort-changeadjectiveshortishshortarmshortcrustshort-haulshortholdshort-livedshort-rangeshort-sightedshort-staffedshort-temperedshort-termshortadverbshortly
short·hand /ˈʃɔːthænd $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ noun [uncountableU]  
1  BWRITEa fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, and phrases 速记(法)
in shorthand
 The reporter took notes in shorthand.
这名记者用速记做记录。
 a secretary who takes shorthand (=writes in shorthand)
会速记的秘书
→ longhand
2  a shorter but less clear way of saying something 简单含糊的说法
shorthand for
 He’s been ‘relocated’, which is shorthand for ‘given a worse job a long way away’.
他已经被“重新安置”,这只是一个简单含蓄的说法,其实就是“被派到很远的地方做更差的工作”。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
shorthandshort·hand /ˈʃɔːthændˈʃɔːrt-/ noun
1[uncountableU] a fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, and phrases
Mary was taking shorthand (=making notes in shorthand).
2[singular, uncountableU] a shorter but less clear way of saying something
Scientific jargon uses a shorthand of technical words and phrases.
shorthand for
The term ‘one-parent family’ is misleading shorthand for a variety of situations.
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