the process of making a book, play, etc. shorter by leaving parts out; a version of a book, play, etc. that has been made shorter in this way 删节,节略(书籍、剧本等) Abridgement of this complex text was extremely difficult. 删节这个复杂的文本极其困难。 an abridgement of Forster’s ‘Life of Dickens’ 福斯特《狄更斯的一生》的节略