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Succinct Pages Sək'sɪŋkt Adj 简明的;简洁的 Letter Major Points

Front succinct
Pron [sək'sɪŋkt]
Back 【succinct】
adj. 简明的;简洁的
His letter was succinct, with all the major points on one page.
他的信很简洁,所有的重点都在一页上。
Vocab
succinctbriefly giving the gist of something

Something that is succinct is short and clear. If you're going to be interviewed on television about your new book and only have a five minute slot, you'll need to come up with a succinct version of your story.

Succinct, meaning "short and to the point," is from the Latin succingere, "to tuck up." Often after you write a long essay, you realize you probably could have said the same thing in one or two succinct pages. If something is too succinct, we might call it terse. Another synonym is concise, which implies that unnecessary material has been removed. It's the opposite of wordy.

All forms of 'succinct' will appear on average once every 3756 pages.
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