excerpt

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長い文章から取り出した短い部分。

やさしい英語で： A short part taken from a longer piece of writing.

• We read a short excerpt.
• The article includes excerpts from his diary.
• Which chapter is this excerpt from?

使い方： excerpt from something (She read an excerpt from her new book.)

類義語： extract, passage

よく使う表現： excerpt from something, short excerpt, read an excerpt

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長い文章から短い部分を選んで写すこと。

やさしい英語で： To choose and copy a short part of a longer piece of writing.

• Please excerpt the final paragraph.
• The magazine excerpted two pages from her memoir.
• Can we excerpt this section for the newsletter?

使い方： excerpt something from something (The editor excerpted a paragraph from the report.)

類義語： extract

よく使う表現： excerpt a passage, excerpt from something