concise
/kənˈsaɪs/adjective
- giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive简洁的, 简明的, 简练的:
a concise account of the country's history.
该国的简史。
派生词
concisely
adverbconciseness
nounconcision
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from French concis or Latin concisus, past participle of concidere 'cut up, cut down', from con- 'completely'+caedere 'to cut'.