précis
noun[C]
uk/ˈpreɪ.si/us/ˈpreɪ.si/ashortformof atextthat gives only theimportantparts:
提要，概略，梗概You have all been given a précisofthereport.你们都有了一份报告的提要。
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- executive summary
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- recap
- resume
- shorthand
- shorthand forsomethingidiom
- story
- sum(something/someone)up
- summarization
- the long and the short of itidiom
- TLDR
- to cut a long story shortidiom
- trot
précis
verb[T]
uk/ˈpreɪ.si/us/ˈpreɪ.si/to make or give aprécis:
If I may précis the president's words - "Thiscountrywill never give in toterrorism."
Onestrategyforimprovingskillswithdocumentsis to précis apassage.
- Asplotsgo, it is not theeasiestto précis.
- To précis the author'sviews: there is not enoughaid, and what there is isspentinefficiently.
- You can précis much of what he is saying withoutlosingthesense.
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- executive summary
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- recap
- resume
- shorthand
- shorthand forsomethingidiom
- story
- sum(something/someone)up
- summarization
- the long and the short of itidiom
- TLDR
- to cut a long story shortidiom
- trot