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　　RSVP ← （法语）Reponde sil vous plait (书信用)盼复 　　KGB ← （俄语）Komissija Gosudarstvennoj Bezopastnosti克格勃，原苏联的国家安全委员会 　　NHK ← （日语）Nippon Hoso Kyokai日本广播公司 　　e.g. ← exampli gratia 例如 i.d. ← idem 同上 　　i.e. ← id ext 即 etc. ← et cetra 等等 　　viz ← videlicet也就是说 v. ← vide参见 　　　G.B.S. ← George Bernard Shaw 萧伯纳（英国戏剧家，1856-1950） 　　L.B.J. ← Lyndon Baines Johnson约翰逊（美国第三十六任总统） 　　 最后要提一下，首字母缩略词后面加不加圆点，一般来龙去脉说是约定俗成，用法各异。英国人经常不加圆点，美国人经常加圆点，可是总的倾向是不加圆点。并且首字母缩略词在应用的时候一般都是大写。 * ———09翻译二班 —— Tang Fangping（Candy） ————NO.82 Abbreviations（缩写法） also called clipping(截断法) is one way in which we change words. A great number of English words have undergone the process of abbreviation in their etymological history. . A new word is created by the following methods advertisement bicycle fanatic nathematics professor television ad(广告) bike(自行车) fan（狂热者） math（数学） prof（教授） telly（电视） aeroplane helicopter caravan omnibus telephone plane(飞机) copter(直升机) van（有篷货车） bus（公共汽车） phone（电话） influenza refrigerator detective flu(流感) fridge(电冰箱) tec（侦探） Bob for Robert Ed for Edward Liz for Elizabeth Mike for Michael Chem for chemistry Exam for examination Gym for gymnasium Lab for laboratory Math for mathematics Here are some information out of our book Do you want to know? Follow me In formal academic prose it is considered bad form to abbreviate words simply to save space, time, or energy. 1、Words such as through (thru), night (nite). 2、Days of the week or months of the year (in the normal flow of text). 3、Words at the beginning of a sentence. 4、Peoples names such as Chas. (for Charles) or Jas. (for James), unless those abbreviations have come to be accepted as nicknames for those particular individuals. 5、States names such as Mass. (for Massachusetts) or Conn. (for Connecticut). When appropriate (as in the addresses for envelopes), use the U.S. postal services approved two-letter abbreviations: MA, CT (without period