1.[u]速记(法)a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what sb is saying
typing and shorthand打字和速记
to take sth down in shorthand用速记记录某事
a shorthand typist速记打字员
2.[u][c][ususing]~ (for sth)(对某事)简略的表达方式a shorter way of saying or referring to sth, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it
As she was rinsing vegetables in a sieve she remembered that she had once learned shorthand .
在她把蔬菜放在筛子里冲洗的时候,她想起她曾经学过速记。
China is increasingly coming up in the campaigns of both parties, as a sort of shorthand for worrisome foreign influence.
中国正日渐成为美国两党选战的焦点议题,似乎成了令人担忧的海外影响力的简称。
Part of his mind wondered if this was why Moroes spoke in such a shorthand fashion.
他同时想到,摩洛斯说话的风格那么简略,是否也是出于这同样的原因。
In a bit of Perl shorthand, the array of field names and the array of parsed fields is combined into a hash.
通过一点Perl技巧,字段名数组和已解析字段数组被合并到一个哈希中。
It's part of a special lexicon that has emerged, over the past decade, as a sort of shorthand for men's fashion.
与这个词一同出现的,还有其他一些特殊的词汇。经过10发展,这次词汇已经成为男装时尚的代名词。
The first line of a function definition, also known as the method signature, begins with def (shorthand for define).
函数定义的第一行也称为方法签名(methodsignature),以def开头(def是define这个单词的缩写)。
"Vietnam" , synonymous with "quagmire" , is shorthand for an unwinnable war. So it was over the war in Iraq.
“越南”,这一“沼泽”的同义词,是对一场注定失败的战争的简要表述。
I have been a shorthand typist within the marketing department for 2 years and I have been very happy there.
我在营销部当了2年的速记打字员,并且在那里工作得很愉快。
Translating such a richness of culinary technique into menu shorthand is no easy matter .
将如此丰富的烹饪技巧翻译到简短的菜单上不是易事。
They prepared to take down what he would say in shorthand.
他们准备用速记来记录他将说的话。
"Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern" .
如今“边缘”一词已不再是缩写、而是“南部”的委婉说法。
The new secretary had her baptism of fire taking shorthand in a company meeting on her first day.
新来的秘书第一天就经历了严格的考验,要为公司会议做速记。
Note that we used the term "variation" in this template as shorthand for the RUP concept of alternate flow.
注意我们在这个模板中使用术语“variation”作为对RUP可选流概念的速记标记。
As annoying and odd as all this number shorthand can be, the diplos take this stuff very, very seriously.
由于这些数字的简写又烦人又奇怪,采取前缀的写法必须非常非常谨慎。
Change is shorthand for opportunity, and if you can be a little bit ahead of shifts in business, the opportunities can be big.
变革意味着机遇,你能在业务转变时早迈出哪怕一小步,就会有很大的机会。
Because his secretary was so adept at shorthand, he felt comfortable dictating to her at his own pace.
因为他的秘书速记非常熟练,他以非常轻松自然的速度口述。
God is a shorthand for the uncreated observer making things real. God thus becomes a scientific term, and a scientific concept.
于是上帝成了一个科学术语,一个科学概念。
But for most Britons, the term is a lazy shorthand for the fact that where you live affects what you get.
但对于大多数英国人而言,这个词只是简单地代指这样一个事实:你居住的地点会影响到你的所得。
Wildcards are another form of shorthand to refer to the contents of a directory.
通配符是另一种简写形式,用来引用目录中的内容。
Sally: I got a degree in economics and then took a course in shorthand, typing and various forms of office training.
我在经济上获得了学位,然后参加了速记,打字和各种形式的培训的课程。
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