CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDused before giving a very simpleanswer or explanation 总之,一句话,简言之〔用于引出十分简单的答案或解释〕
We are, in a word, busy. Ridiculously busy.
总之,我们很忙,忙得离谱。
Examples from the Corpus
in a word• Every languageaboundsin words for pseudo-entities.• Cotey -- real slow and in words of one syllable -- and then diagram them in stickfigures with Crayolas.• Everyone I talked with talks goals in numbers as well as in words, from the bottom to the top.• I didn't say so, because the idea was too unpleasant to be clothed in words and made visible.• I love you so much that I just can't express it in words.• Pop, in a word, is fascination versus meaning.• "Did you have a good vacation?" "In a word, no."• What happened was, in a word, theft.• The band were, in a word, sloppy.