potted history/biography/version

British EnglishBrESHORT/NOT LONG a short and simple explanation or description that gives only the most important facts about someone or something 简史/略传/节本

5The book gives a potted history of the origins of modern science.

本书简述了现代科学起源的历史。

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potted history/biography/version• They were farcically satirical potted biographies in sets of two rhyming couplets.• Woven into these personal accounts are potted histories of disturbing events, ancient and modern.• Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.• Keeping a job file Your employer will have a personnel file containing a potted history of your career with the company.

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释义	potted history/biography/version potted history/biography/version British EnglishBrESHORT/NOT LONG a short and simple explanation or description that gives only the most important facts about someone or something 简史/略传/节本 5The book gives a potted history of the origins of modern science. 本书简述了现代科学起源的历史。 Examples from the Corpus potted history/biography/version• They were farcically satirical potted biographies in sets of two rhyming couplets.• Woven into these personal accounts are potted histories of disturbing events, ancient and modern.• Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.• Keeping a job file Your employer will have a personnel file containing a potted history of your career with the company. → potted history/biography/version at potted(1)
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