缩略

The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A..

美利坚合众国被略为 U.S.A.。

'I am' is usually contracted to 'I'm' in oral speech.

'I am'在口语中略为'I'm'。

Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.

略词在口语里比在书写中见得多。

In the 1980s we got stuck in a language of acronyms, full of yuppies, dinkies and nimbyism.

在1980年代，我们对首字母略词感到纳闷儿，语言中斥着雅皮士、 丁克族和邻避主义。

But, we are afraid, these skeletonize graphs may make popular feeling irritated, the judgement that and throw into confusion some former perfecting is decision-making.

但是，我们担心，这些略图可能会使人心烦，并且打乱原有判断决策。