(pl. -ies)
- a brief statement or account of the main points of something总结, 概要, 摘要：
a summary of Chapter Three.
第三章概要。
1
- dispensing with needless details or formalities; brief简略的; 概括的, 扼要的：
summary financial statements.
简略的财务报表。
2
- Law (of a judicial process) conducted without the customary legal formalities【律】（司法程序）即决的, 简易的：
summary arrest.
当场逮捕。
2.1
- (of a conviction) made by a judge or magistrate without a jury（定罪）由法官（或地方法官）即决裁定的, 简易判罪的（指不需陪审团参与的定罪）。
短语
in summary
- in short简要地说：
in summary, there is no clear case for one tax system compared to another.
简要地说, 并没有明确理据说一种税制优于另一种税制。
派生词
summarily
adverbsummariness
noun词源
late Middle English (as an adjective)： from Latin summarius, from summa 'sum total' （see SUM）.