succinct

Word family

suc·cinct /səkˈsɪŋkt/ adjectiveadj

SHORT/NOT LONGclearly expressed in a few words – use this to show approval 言简意赅的，简明扼要的，简练的〔含褒义〕 SYN concise

a succinct explanation

简明扼要的解释

—succinctly adverbadv

Anderson put the same point more succinctly.

安德森把同样这一点解释得更加简明扼要。

—succinctness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

succinct• Jim Burke and Horace Deets were succinct.• Recent policy statements have been even more succinct.• We remember what is short and succinct.• The new labelling is more succinct and advises consumers simply that oat bran may help prevent heart disease.• Ray was seldom inclined to be succinct, and he gave his interrogators the full benefit of his thinking.• Each contribution is well referenced and has a succinct conclusion.• a succinct description of the Egyptian writing system• A good conceptual clusterer is one which finds a succinct meaningful hierarchy of succinct definitions of meaningful concepts.• He was simply making a point, stating a fact, in his inimitably succinct style.

Origin succinct