1.
extract; excerpt; selection; passage taken from a larger work
A portion selected from a longer text, document, speech, or other source. Also the act of selecting such a portion.
論文から重要な部分を抜粋した。
I excerpted the important parts from the paper.
これは小説の一部を抜粋したものです。
This is an excerpt from a novel.
会議の議事録から関連する発言を抜粋して、報告書にまとめた。
I extracted relevant remarks from the meeting minutes and compiled them into a report.
USAGE:
抜粋 is used with する as a transitive suru-verb. The source takes から, and the selected content takes を.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 一部を抜粋する (to excerpt a part)
- 記事の抜粋 (excerpt from an article)
- 抜粋版 (abridged edition)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 抜粋: excerpt, extract (formal, selecting from a text)
- 引用: quotation, citation (reproducing someone else's words with attribution)
- 要約: summary (condensing the overall content)