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take shorthand
take shorthand 是固定搭配，表示“用速记方式记录”，常指速记口述内容。
She learned to take shorthand at college.
她在大学里学会了速记。
速记；速记法
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速记；速记法
a method of writing rapidly
She learned to take shorthand at college.
她在大学里学会了速记。
用符号代替字母、词语等的简略快速书写方法。
A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
快速书写的方法；速记法
a method of writing rapidly
任何简短或简化的表达或做事方式。
Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
She wrote the lecture notes in shorthand.
她用速记法写了讲座笔记。
Shorthand takes time to learn, but it is useful for taking notes.
速记需要花时间学习，但做笔记时很有用。
He used shorthand to record the interview quickly.
他用速记法快速记录采访内容。
take shorthand 是固定搭配，表示“用速记方式记录”，常指速记口述内容。
She learned to take shorthand at college.
她在大学里学会了速记。
in shorthand 作方式状语，常用于 write、take、note 等动词后。
Please write the address in shorthand.
请用速记写下这个地址。
Not this
I know a shorthand.
Use this
I know shorthand.
shorthand 指速记法这一技能时是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词 a；表示泛指能力时直接用零冠词。
Not this
She wrote the speech with shorthand.
Use this
She wrote the speech in shorthand.
表达“用速记（方式）”时，英语用介词 in，与语言类表达（如 in English）同类；with 后接工具，不用于书写系统。
Not this
I learned two shorthands.
Use this
I learned two kinds of shorthand.
shorthand 是不可数名词，没有复数形式 shorthands；表示“两种速记”要说 two kinds of shorthand 或 two shorthand systems。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
做速记；用速记记录
She had to take shorthand at sixty words a minute.
她必须每分钟做60个单词的速记。
速记打字员
A shorthand typist is required for the legal firm.
这家律师事务所需要一名速记打字员。
速记法；速记体系
Pitman's shorthand system is widely taught in Britain.
皮特曼速记法在英国被广泛教授。
用速记（记录）
The reporter wrote the speech in shorthand.
记者用速记法把演讲记了下来。
速记符号
The margin contained strange shorthand notation.
页边空白处有奇怪的速记符号。
速记课程
She enrolled in a shorthand course at night school.
她在夜校报名了一个速记课程。
是……的简略说法；是……的代号
The acronym 'ASAP' is shorthand for 'as soon as possible'.
缩写“ASAP”是“as soon as possible”的简略说法。
以简略的形式；用速记
The quote summarizes his entire argument in shorthand.
这句引语以简略的形式概括了他的全部论点。
音乐是情感的速记。
The professor began his lecture with Tolstoy's observation that music is the shorthand of emotion, explaining why a single melody can say so much.
教授以托尔斯泰的名言——音乐是情感的速记——开始了他的讲座，解释了为什么一段简单的旋律就能表达如此之多的情感。
Use shorthand naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
shorthand 由 short（短）和 hand（手）组成：手写时把词缩短，就是速记。
语域：neutral 常见场景：classroom、office、newsroom shorthand 作名词时指“速记/速记法”，多用于课堂、会议、采访等需要快速记录的场合；语气比较中性，不显得生硬或随便。
这些词中，hand、band、land、stand 都以 /ænd/ 结尾，与 shorthand 的尾音节 /hænd/ 押韵。注意 short 看起来像 shorthand 的开头，但发音是 /ʃɔrt/，与 shorthand 的结尾不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.