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pithy

/pith-ee/US // ˈpɪθ i //UK // (ˈpɪθɪ) //

简洁,简洁的,简明扼要,精辟

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pith·i·er, pith·i·est.

    • : brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
    • : of, like, or abounding in pith.

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Examples

  • His are usually pithy and want to embarrass you into giving.

  • Other times, she has crystallized concerns with a pithy tweet.

  • From shrinking willies to volcanic eruptions, disappearing hazelnut coffees to pithy brews, we celebrate Earth Day by reflecting on the all-too-human costs of climate change.

  • I was constantly pulling out pithy facts about how we’re not implementing solutions on the necessary scale.

  • I had the pleasure of hearing one—a short, pithy gem called “The Italian System”—at a reading in Trastevere last month.

  • Each work is a pithy marvel that captures the languorous excitement (and sometimes the radiant gloom) of a summer day to remember.

  • Mandery knows when to be pithy and when to go long, like in passages about the subtleties of memoranda.

  • She was always alert to what was going on, and her comments were pithy and to the point.

  • He defines Dynamic Inaction with one pithy aphorism: “When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.”

  • The wicked man's epitaph, as a rule, may be generally appropriately written in the pithy words "He was, and is not."

  • He is in speech eloquent and pithy; but which is chiefest, he is in religion, as religious in life as he is sincere in profession.

  • The familiar voice that gave utterance to this pithy affirmation proceeded from the doorway leading into the reception hall.

  • As pithy an inscription appears on the bell of S. Ives, which is rung early in the morning.

  • Aphorism, af′or-izm, n. a concise statement of a principle in any science: a brief, pithy saying: an adage.