英语词汇学日常缩略词.pptxVIP

Daily Abbreviation第一页，共十页。 What is abbreviation? An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. It refers to word formation through clipping, initialism and acronym.Clipping: the process by which parts of a word have been cut off.For example: ad for advertisement fridge for refrigerator gas for gasoline mike for microphone第二页，共十页。 Initialism: words composed of first letters of a series of words and pronounced by saying each letter of them. For example： CPU: Central Processing Unit 中央处理器 GDP: Gross Domestic Product 国内生产总值 GRE: Graduate Record Examination 美国研究生入学考试 IELTS: International English Language Testing System 雅思 IOC: International Olympic Committee 国际奥林匹克委员会 第三页，共十页。 Acronym: words formed from the first letters of a series of words and pronounced as single words. For example: OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 石油输出国家组织 TEFL: teaching English as a foreign language 作为外语的英语教学 NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization 北大西洋公约组织第四页，共十页。 It is obvious that abbreviations play a significant role in our daily life nowadays. We can find abbreviations here and there.We call them “bus” instead of “omnibus”Asia Pacific Economic CooperationClosed Circuit Television 闭路电视第五页，共十页。 Let me give you some other examplesSome useful E-mail expressions in abbreviated form: CC ：Carbon Copy 抄送 When used in an e-mail, it means to send a copy of the e-mail to someone else. BCC: Blind Carbon Copy 密件抄送，暗送 It refers to the practice of sending a message to multiple recipients in a way that conceals the fact that there may be additional addresses from the complete list of recipients. FYI ：For You Information 仅供参考 ASAP ：As Soon As Possible 紧急文件 PS ： Postscript 附言 THKS：Thanks 谢谢，多谢（用于mail的结束语） RGDS： Regards 祝愿，致意（用于mail的结束语）第六页，共十页。 Some other Internet expressions in abbre