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be truncated
动词 truncate 的被动语态，表示“被截短、被缩短”。
The article was truncated to fit the page.
这篇文章被截短以适合版面。
缩短的；缩短了的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
缩短的；缩短了的
cut short in duration
The article was truncated to fit the page.
这篇文章被截短以适合版面。
指时间或过程被缩短
被截去一部分或末端的；截短的。
Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
在基部或尖端突然终止的,像被横切一样。
Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.
通过截断或混合而缩短的。
shortened either by means of clipping or blending.
The truncated version of the report still included the main findings.
那份报告的删节版本仍然包含了主要发现。
The message appears truncated because the screen is too small.
这条消息看起来被截断了，因为屏幕太小。
The editor left the sentence truncated to save space.
编辑为了节省空间，把这句话截短了。
动词 truncate 的被动语态，表示“被截短、被缩短”。
The article was truncated to fit the page.
这篇文章被截短以适合版面。
用于说明缩短到某个长度、数量或范围。
The abstract was truncated to 100 words.
摘要被截短至100词。
作形容词，意为“截去尖角的、削平的”，多用于修饰几何物体或抽象事物。
A truncated cone has a flat top.
截锥体的顶部是平的。
Not this
This is a truncate version of the report.
Use this
This is a truncated version of the report.
truncate 是动词原形，作定语表示“截短的”时须用过去分词形容词 truncated，不能去掉 -ed。
Not this
The end of the sentence was truncated off.
Use this
The end of the sentence was truncated.
truncate 本身已含“切掉、截去”之意，再加 off 是赘余；删去 off 句子更自然。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
截锥；平截头圆锥
A truncated cone forms the shape of this lampshade.
这个灯罩的形状是一个截锥。
不完整的句子；截短句
He answered in truncated sentences, too tired to speak fully.
他太累了，回答时只能断断续续地说些不完整的句子。
截断的文件；内容不完整的文件
The download was interrupted and left a truncated file on the disk.
下载中断了，磁盘上留下了一个截断的文件。
截断数据；被截取的数据
Truncated data can produce misleading results in the analysis.
截断数据会在分析中产生误导性结果。
删节版；缩短版
This is a truncated version of the full report.
这是完整报告的删节版。
Use truncated naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：树干(trunk)被截断后只剩一截，truncated就是‘截短/缩短的’。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、科技文献、数学与几何、计算机领域 truncated 多用于正式或技术性语境，表示“缩短的、截短的”；日常口语中更常用 shortened 或 cut short。在数学、计算机等专业领域比较常见。
在计算机等语境中常表示“截断的”；也可泛指“缩短的、截短的”。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.