word formed from the first letters of a series of words, 1943, American English coinage from acro- + -onym "name" (abstracted from homonym; see name (n.)). But for cabalistic esoterica and acrostic poetry, the practice was practically non-existent before 20c. For distinction of usage (not maintained on this site), see initialism.
acronym 双语例句
1. AIDS is an acronym for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
AIDS是“获得性免疫缺损综合症“的首字母缩略词。
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2. The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.
核禁政策称为MAD, 很贴切,是表示保证互相毁灭的缩合字.
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3. That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.
对于一项非常简单的技术来说,这是一个很绕口的缩写词.
来自互联网
4. This example demonstrates how to handle an abbreviationan acronym.
演示了怎么处理缩写和简称.
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5. Use acronym searchers to discover additional meaning to a domain.