第三人称单数： elides
过去式： elided
过去分词： elided
现在分词： eliding

When worlds elide : classics , politics , culture .

当世界变小时:经典、政治与文化。

Classical music , though , gives the composer the tools to extend or elide time in the service of beauty and irony .

而古典音乐则给了作曲家这样一个工具，在音乐的美妙与冲突之间，让他可以延长或压缩时间的感觉。

Nationalism can elide into that other powerful emotion , hatred , and despots like the kims make sure to push it that way .

民族主义能掩盖其他的强烈情绪和憎恨，而金氏父子这样的独裁者也确保这样推进民族主义。

To reflect idiomatic use , code examples in this document elide semicolons using these rules .

为了反应习惯上的使用,这篇文档里的实例代码省略分号使用这些原则.

But as our life spans have lengthened - across the developed world , we are now living 30 years longer than we were at the beginning of the 20th century - the ages of man have started to elide .

但随着寿命的延长（发达国家的人均寿命较20世纪初提高了30岁），年龄开始被淡化了。