Epitome
[ɪ'pɪtəmɪ;e-] or [ɪ'pɪtəmi]
解释:
(n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
(n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.
霍奇编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, conspectus, syllabus, brief, breviary, summary, synopsis, digest, sum and substance.
奥尔登录入
同义词及反义词：
[See ABBREVIATION]
格雷琴编辑
解释:
n. an abridgment or short summary of anything as of a book.—adj. Epitom′ical like an epitome.—v.t. Epit′omise to make an epitome of: to shorten: to condense.—ns. Epit′omiser Epit′omist one who abridges.—In epitome on a small scale.
巴雷特校对
例句:
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The person becomes, as it were, the epitome of the history of his own family. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Mr. Harthouse professed himself in the highest degree instructed and refreshed, by this condensed epitome of the whole Coketown question. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Yes, I said; his life is motley and manifold and an epitome of the lives of many;--he answers to the State which we described as fair and spangled. 柏拉图. 理想国.
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