摘要

随着经济的发展和全球化，国与国之间的贸易活动不断增加，函电的使用也越来越频繁，缩略词作为商务英语函电中的重要组成部分，对于其应用的研究越来越受到重视。本文从缩略词入手，首先介绍了缩略词的基本概念及特征，分析了缩略词在商务英语函电中的作用，在此基础上，对缩略词的类型、读写规则进行归纳总结，最后列举了缩略词在商务英语函电中的应用以及在应用中存在的问题。本论文针对缩略词使用不当所引起的问题，提出了相应的改进意见，使缩略词在商务英语函电中发挥更大的作用，从而促进国际贸易的顺利进行。

关键词：缩略词；商务英语; 函电; 应用

Abstract

With the development and globalization of economy, international trade between various countries continues to mount up. The use of correspondence is becoming more and more frequent. Abbreviations are an important part of business English correspondence, and more and more attention has been paid to the study of their application. This paper begins with an introduction on abbreviation’s definition and its characteristics, then states functions of abbreviations. On these bases, it classifies the types of abbreviations and states their pronunciation and writing rules. Part four illustrates detailed use of abbreviations, lists examples of improper use of abbreviations and gives suggestions for making correct use of abbreviations. In the last part, it draws the conclusion that having a better understanding of abbreviations is helpful for people to manipulate abbreviations appropriately in business English correspondence. This paper aims to enable people to use abbreviations appropriately, thus to conduct more successful international trade.

Key words: abbreviation; business English; correspondence; application