concise
/kənˈsaɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /kənˈsaɪs/ (ame, ipa) · /kən-ˈsīs/ (ame, mw)
concise — 形容詞
- concisepositive
- more concisecomparative
- most concisesuperlative
1. A concise piece of writing, speech, or text is short but covers everything impor
簡潔的
用字精簡但資訊完整
A concise piece of writing, speech, or text is short but covers everything important, using no extra words.
Min wrote a concise summary of the meeting for her team.
Min 為她的團隊寫了一份簡潔的會議摘要。
collocation: concise summary
The report was concise enough to read during a short train ride.
這份報告非常簡潔,在短程火車上就能讀完。
Rachid's presentation was so concise that the class finished ten minutes early.
Rachid 的簡報內容非常簡潔,全班提早十分鐘下課。
Iris asked Lucas to make his email more concise by removing old details.
Iris 請 Lucas 刪除舊資訊,讓他的 email 更簡潔。
Priya's concise article fit on the front page after she trimmed it to two paragraphs.
Priya 把文章刪減成兩段後,這篇精簡的報導順利登上了頭版。
- brief
focuses on short length without implying the completeness that concise does; a brief answer may skip details
- succinct
more formal than concise, often suggesting an elegant tightness of expression
- terse
can carry a negative tone of being too short to the point of rudeness or abruptness
- pithy
short and memorable, often with a clever or witty quality that concise does not imply
- verbose
using far more words than needed; the opposite of concise efficiency
- wordy
containing unnecessary words, lacking the tightness of concise writing
- long-winded
informal term for speech or writing that goes on too long
用法筆記
Most common with writing, speech, or instructions. Unlike short, which refers only to length, concise implies nothing unnecessary is included — a long document can still be concise if every word serves a purpose.