第46期: abandon, baby, abbreviate, bad, while away

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。
听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。

单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 abandon [E5bAndEn] They abandoned the game because of rain. v. 放弃，停止 因为下雨比赛停止了。 baby [5beibi] Some babies cry during the night. n. 婴孩，婴儿 有些婴儿夜里哭闹。 abbreviate1 [E5bri:vieit] The United States of America is commonly abbreviated2 to U.S.A.. v. 省略，缩写 美利坚合众国常被缩略为 U.S.A.。 bad [bAd] Smoking is bad for your health. adj. 有害的 抽烟有害于健康。 while away [wail E5wei] They while away many afternoons on the beach. 消磨，度过 他们在海滩消磨了许多个下午。

1 abbreviate   

v.缩写，使...简略，缩短

参考例句：

• She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力。
• It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。

2 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。