Abbreviations, or short forms of words and phrases, are quite common in English. They are particularly common in electronic communication such as emails, texting, messaging on social media, and so on. One of the reasons written abbreviations are so common is because they are quicker to type than full words. So they save time and we all like to save time, right? Knowing common English abbreviations is important for understanding, of course, but learning to use them yourself is also a great way to add new vocabulary to your repertoire.?Just keep in mind that abbreviations are definitely informal English and best used with friends and family, but not in formal school or business writing.
縮寫（或單詞和詞組的縮短形式）在英文中是非常常見的。尤其是在一些電子交流方式的社交媒體上，如郵件，短信，留言等等。書面縮寫存在的其中一條重要原因就是它跟全拼整個(gè)單詞比起來(lái)更便捷。因此，它為我們節(jié)省了時(shí)間，誰(shuí)不喜歡節(jié)省時(shí)間呢？當(dāng)然，了解一些常用的英文縮寫是非常有助于理解的，但是學(xué)會(huì)運(yùn)用縮略語(yǔ)更是給你的詞匯量增加動(dòng)力。你只要記住，縮略語(yǔ)是非正式用語(yǔ)，最好用于朋友和家人之間，而不是正規(guī)的學(xué)?；蛏虅?wù)寫作中。
Note: Abbreviations traditionally are written in all capital letters in English, like acronyms, but when they are used in texting, chat rooms, or on social media they are more commonly written in all lowercase letters. Using either all capital letters, or all lower case letters, is fine.
注：英文縮略語(yǔ)通常都是大寫字母組成，就像首字母縮略詞一樣，但是當(dāng)用于發(fā)短信，聊天室或社交媒體上時(shí)他們往往是用小寫字母的?？傊么髮懟蛐懚伎梢粤?。
AMA?– ask me anything
隨便問。
BRB?– be right back
馬上回來(lái)。
BTW?– by the way
順便問一下。
FYI?– for your information
僅供參考。
GG?– good game
認(rèn)輸退出。
ICYMI?– in case you missed it
萬(wàn)一你錯(cuò)過了。
IDC? – I don’t care
無(wú)所謂。
IDK?– I don’t know
不知道。
IKR?– I know right? (This is an emphatic expression of agreement.)
同意，中槍。
ILY?– I love you
我愛你！
IMO?– in my opinion
我認(rèn)為。
JK?– just kidding
開個(gè)玩笑。
LOL?– laugh out loud
大聲笑。
LMAO?– Laugh my ass off
笑死我了！
OMG?– oh my god
哦，我的天！
PPL?– people
人們。
TGIF?– thank God it’s Friday
感謝老天，總算到星期五了！
THX?– thanks
謝謝！
TBH?– to be honest
老實(shí)說(shuō)。
WTF?– what the f*ck (This is an emphatic expression of surprise or anger.)
這TMD怎么回事！
YOLO?– you only live once
你只活一次，想做什么就做什么吧。
Well, now that you have had a look at these common English acronyms, let’s take a look at how they can be used. Here are some texting conversations using acronyms from above. Keep in mind, these are not examples of spoken conversations, they are all written electronic conversations.
好了，現(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)了解了這些常見的英文縮略語(yǔ)了，讓我們一起來(lái)看如何運(yùn)用吧。下面是一個(gè)聊天對(duì)話，用到了上面的縮略語(yǔ)。記住，這些不是口語(yǔ)對(duì)話，它們都是電子書面對(duì)話。
Jim:?icymi?we just made it 2 the finals
John: I saw –?gg
Al:?tgif?want to get drinks l8r? (l8r=later)
Abi:?idk?I’m feeling tired
Al: come on?yolo
Eric:?wtf?did you see what Kate wore 2 work today
Erin:?imo ppl?can wear whatever they want – who cares
Now that you have seen how some of these acronyms can be used, why not see if you can figure out which acronyms go where in this fill in the blank. Good luck!
1.?? ?That was so funny it literally made me ________.
2.?? ?I love the present you got me, __________.
3.?? ?_________ ! I can’t believe that you just said that.
4.?? ?I __________ during the movie we went to last night. It was hilarious.
5.?? ?I know what I am talking about ________.
答案在這里，看這里看這里：
Answers:
1.?? ?LOL 2. THX 3. OMG 4. LMAO 5. FYI
