The director abbreviated the film to let his friends see the shortened version.

导演请他朋友们看的是这部电影他删节后的简缩版。

The second contains not a single fresh, arresting phrase, and in spite of its ninety syllables it gives only a shortened version of the meaning contained in the first.

第二句没有一个新鲜的、吸引人的短语，而且尽管有90个音节也不过是第一句的意思的压缩版。

Archie is originally a German name with Scottish roots, where it is a shortened version of Archibald.

阿奇是来自一个发源于苏格兰的德国名字，是Archibald的缩写。

The company's name refers to the Chinese characters for "fashion" ("shang" is a shortened version of "shi shang, " the full character for "fashion") and "taste" ("pin").

“尚品”二字在中文里别有深意。 “尚”是“时尚”的简写，“品”代表“品味”。