| 释义 |
wrap-up, n. and a.|ˈræpʌp|
[f. vbl. phr. to wrap up: see wrap v. 7 a.]
A. n.
1. a. An easily satisfied customer; an easy sale. b. Any easy task.
1938Amer. Speech XIII. 150/2 Wrap-up, an easy sale. Also a customer easily satisfied. 1940‘E. Queen’ New. Adventures 284 Not too tough. A wrap-up. 1952N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 58/3 The ideal customer is known as a ‘wrap-up’, which is self-explanatory.
2. A summary or résumé, esp. of news; a conclusion.
1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 588/2 Wrap-up,..a conclusion, an ending; a summary and conclusion. 1961Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Oct. 677/4 Finally, Mr. Kalb gives us what he calls the wrap-up [of a book]. 1969New Yorker 30 Aug. 20 (caption) Suddenly..a wrap⁓up of the highlights of my life flashed before my eyes. 1973H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher xv. 155 ‘I have no further questions for you.’.. This was the wrap-up. Harry knew..he would be handed over for court-martial. 1975New Yorker 5 May 128/2 NBC presented a thirty-minute ‘special report’ on Cambodia, which consisted mainly of a wrapup of NBC's regular news footage of the previous week. 1980U. Curtiss Poisoned Orchard ix. 97 The wrap-up of a job I've been working on will have to be done tonight. 1981Daily Mail 18 May 19/4 Last night's wrap-up saw the old soldier with the black eye-patch welcomed by desert Bedouins. 1985Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 39/2 Only in his final wrap-up does he concede that power can also take the form of creative ‘attention, or love’.
B. adj. That concludes or sums up.
1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 9 Apr. (1970) 658 Here on the courthouse square at Gonzales was the wrap-up scene, an official good-by for our five-day adventure. 1976Publishers Weekly 27 Sept. 82/2 A long wrap-up section amplifies this practical aspect of their book. 1977Church Times 7 Apr. 2/4 A two-day centennial programme... The Archbishop will..address the wrap-up banquet. 1980Jewish Chron. 21 Mar. 23/3 This is what is described as a ‘wrap-up’ volume, summarising, in non-technical language, what has been learned. 1980Quilt World Sept./Oct. 16/3 The group session wound down with a light monologue..on ‘Fifty Ways to Lose Business’, and then small group discussions were held, followed by a wrap-up session. |