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Article 33 A book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.
第三十三條圖書出版者經(jīng)作者許可，可以對(duì)作品脩改、刪節(jié)。
Liberty involves what governments do or, more accurately, what they are forbidden to do to their citizens -- they are forbidden to abridge individual freedoms.
自由涉及政府行爲(wèi)，或更準(zhǔn)確地說，涉及政府不應(yīng)曏公民實(shí)施的行爲(wèi)，即政府不可限制個(gè)人自由。
The generation which is passing in its turn over the earth, is not forced to abridge it for the sake of the generations, its equal, after all, who will have their turn later on.--"I
目前的一代人有權(quán)在地球上過路，不能強(qiáng)迫他們爲(wèi)了後代而縮短自己的路程，後代和他們是平等的，將來才輪到後代過路。

As Americans abjure our civic responsibilities to the state, government bureaucrats gladly abridge our liberties.
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to make a book, play, or piece of writing shorter by removing details and information that is not important