executive summary
noun[C]
uk/ɪɡˌzek.jə.tɪv ˈsʌm.ər.i/us/ɪɡˌzek.jə.t̬ɪv ˈsʌm.ɚ.i/ashorttextthat gives the mostimportantfactsorideascontainedin alongerdocumentsuch as areport,study, orplan:
执行总结，执行摘要"Theeraofcheapoilis over," says theexecutivesummaryofthereport, to bepublishednextweek.这份将于下周出版的报告的执行摘要表示：“廉价石油的时代已经结束。”
In theexecutivesummary, theplanisdescribedas "chartingacoursefor theorganization" for the next fouryears.在执行摘要中，该计划被称为“为机构制定未来四年的路线图”。
informal
ashortversionof something that is written orspoken, or the mostimportantpointsabout asubject:
精华浓缩版；精简要点I'm not going toreadall theposts. Can someonegive metheexecutivesummary?我不打算读所有的帖子，谁能给我个精华浓缩版？
Can you give me theexecutivesummaryonsome of theimportantthings toknowbefore Istartthisjob?在我开始工作前，你能把一些重要事情的精简要点给我说一下吗？
- Asimilarconclusionappearsin theexecutivesummaryof anotherstudy.
- Thecampaignersaid he hadn'tseenthebill, but helikedwhat hesawin theexecutivesummary.
- Theboardcommissionedanexternalassessmentof the museum'sstatus, anditsauthorwrotein theexecutivesummarythat themuseum"facesseveralchallengingtransitions".
- Keystatisticsonhungerwereburiedin the back of thereportandbarelymentionedinitsexecutivesummaryor theglowingpressreleasethataccompaniedit.
- The governor'sofficereleasedan "executivesummary" of thebillat 5:50 p.m. and said thefullmeasurehad beensentto thespeaker.
- Could somebody give me theexecutivesummaryonreplacingthetripleclamp?
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- nutshell
- 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