| 单词 | summary |
| 释义 | summary —summariness /seuh mair"i nis/, n. /sum"euh ree/, n. , pl. summaries, adj. n. 1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements. adj. 2. brief and comprehensive; concise. 3. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: to treat someone with summary dispatch. 4. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial. [1400-50; late ME < L summarium, equiv. to summ(a) SUM + -arium -ARY] Syn. 1. outline, précis. SUMMARY, BRIEF, DIGEST, SYNOPSIS are terms for a short version of a longer work. A SUMMARY is a brief statement or restatement of main points, esp. as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A BRIEF is a detailed outline, by heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed: a brief for an argument. A DIGEST is an abridgement of an article, book, etc., or an organized arrangement of material under heads and titles: a digest of a popular novel; a digest of Roman law. A SYNOPSIS is usually a compressed statement of the plot of a novel, play, etc.: a synopsis of Hamlet. 2. short, condensed, compact, succinct. 3. curt, terse, peremptory. |
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