缩写1：A.D.
拉丁文：anno Domini
释义：in the year of the Lord 耶稣纪年，公元
例句：The United States Civil War began in AD 1861.
缩写2：a.m.
拉丁文：Ante Meridiem
释义：before middday 上午，午前
例句：We will meet the mayor at 10 a.m.
缩写3：c., ca.
拉丁文：circa
释义：around, about, approximately 大约
用法：用于日期中表示大概的数。
例句：The antique clock is from c.1900.
缩写4：Cap
拉丁文：capitulus
释义：chapter 章节
用法：用于英国及其前殖民地的法律章节前。
例句：Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553).
缩写5：cf.
拉丁文：confer
释义："bring together" and hence "compare" 试比较
用法：提示读者比较所引用资料中的说法与文中的论述，与cp.可替换使用。
例句：These results were similar to those obtained using different techniques (cf. Wilson, 1999 and Ansmann, 1992).
缩写6：cp.
释义：compare 比较
例句：These results were similar to those obtained using different techniques (cp. Wilson, 1999 and Ansmann, 1992).
缩写7：C.V.
拉丁文：curriculum vitae
释义：course of life 简历
缩写8：etc.
拉丁文：et cetera
释义：and the others, and other things, and the rest 等等
例句：I need to go to the store and buy some pie, milk, cheese, etc.
缩写9：e.g.
拉丁文：exempli gratia
释义：for example, for instance 比如
例句：The shipping company instituted a surcharge on any items weighing over a ton; e.g., a car or truck.
缩写10：ff.
拉丁文：folio
释义：and following 以及接下去的
例句：see page 258ff.（参见第258页以及接下去的若干页）
缩写11：id.
拉丁文：idem
释义：the same (man) 同上
用法：用来避免（在引用、脚注、书目等处）重复某个男性作者的名字。如果是女性作者，用ead. (eadem)。
缩写12：i.a.
拉丁文：inter alia
释义：among other things 除了别的因素以外，特别
例句：Ernest Hemingway―author (i.a. 'The Sun Also Rises') and friend.
缩写13：i.e.
拉丁文：id est
释义：that is, in other words 即是
例 句：For reasons not fully understood there is only a minor PSI contribution to the variable fluorescence emission of chloroplasts (Dau, 1994), i.e., the PSI fluorescence appears to be independent from the state of its reaction centre (Butler, 1978).
缩写14：lb.
拉丁文：libra
释义：scales 磅
缩写15：LL.B.
拉丁文：Legum Baccalaureus
释义：bachelor of laws 法学士
缩写16：M.A.
拉丁文：Magister Artium
释义：Master of Arts 文科硕士
缩写17：N.B.
拉丁文：nota bene
释义：note well 注意，留心
例 句：N.B.: All the measurements have an accuracy of withi 5% as they were calibrated according to the procedure described by Jackson (1989).
缩写18：op.cit.
拉丁文：opere citato
释义：the work cited 在前面所引用的书中
用法：通常用于参考文献中，同ibid相似，但是ibid通常会跟着页码。
