shorthand
速记
definition
noun
These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations.
a method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in 1888 by John R. Gregg ( 1867–1948 ).
translation of 'shorthand'
noun
速记
example
Every meaningless name became 'shorthand' for a certain class status.
Among the generals in the 1940s the 'shorthand' for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’.
Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a 'shorthand' for the business of interpretation.
Have we adopted a convenient 'shorthand' for a longer and more complete description of the object?
poetry for him is simply a 'shorthand' for literature that has aesthetic value
It never prevailed over the more popular Pitman system of 'shorthand' , even though it was easier to write.
For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious 'shorthand' notes.
It also defies commentators to find an easy generic 'shorthand' for its mode of creation.
a 'shorthand' typist
Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman 'shorthand' system of writing, went up for sale.
This is a convenient 'shorthand' for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India.
The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in 'shorthand' form.
He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at 'shorthand' that each could read the other's verbatim notes.
These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of 'shorthand' abbreviations.
Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own 'shorthand' dialogue.
Now Bollywood is almost a 'shorthand' , a buzzword for one of the most happening trends in America.
Aptitude is also a 'shorthand' for social selection.
Sir Issac Pitman began the first correspondence course for his 'shorthand' system.
Coleridge also gave lectures on general literature and philosophy, which have survived in the form of notes and 'shorthand' reports.
But it is a useful 'shorthand' that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance.
A 'shorthand' system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists.
Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of 'shorthand' scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins.
It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a 'shorthand' for the entire campaign.
He cannot read 'shorthand' and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust.
he took notes in 'shorthand'
It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a 'shorthand' and take as a common foundation.
The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as 'shorthand' for thug-like tactics.
My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a 'shorthand' for anything we disapprove of.
Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in 'shorthand' every word that her employer was saying.
This focus seems to have gone from a useful 'shorthand' to an obsession.
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