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synopsis

/si-nop-sis/US // sɪˈnɒp sɪs //UK // (sɪˈnɒpsɪs) //

梗概,简介,提要,提纲

Related Words

recap重述,回顾,回顾一下,复述rundown润物细无声,润物细无声的,润物无声,润色run-through贯穿式,贯穿,贯通,通行compendium汇编,大纲,简编,大系sketch简图,素描,草图,简述condensation凝结,冷凝,凝结物,凝结水outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派brief简介,简要,简短的,简短conspectus纲要,指南,细则,指南针capsule蒴果,胶囊,蒴鸟,蒴状物epitome缩影,表征,缩略语,外显子review审查,回顾,复审,复查abridgment节略,删节,节选,节略语breviary小册子,祷文,诵经书

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural syn·op·ses [si-nop-seez]. /sɪˈnɒp siz/.

    • : a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
    • : a compendium of heads or short paragraphs giving a view of the whole.
    • : a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundigest, summary
Synonyms
recap重述,回顾,回顾一下,复述rundown润物细无声,润物细无声的,润物无声,润色abridgment节略,删节,节选,节略语abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派breviary小册子,祷文,诵经书brief简介,简要,简短的,简短capsule蒴果,胶囊,蒴鸟,蒴状物compendium汇编,大纲,简编,大系condensation凝结,冷凝,凝结物,凝结水conspectus纲要,指南,细则,指南针epitome缩影,表征,缩略语,外显子outline纲要,概要,纲举目张,概述review审查,回顾,复审,复查run-through贯穿式,贯穿,贯通,通行sketch简图,素描,草图,简述aperçuprécisrésumé

Examples

  • Authorities in Ventura County told The Los Angeles Times they were reviewing a synopsis of about 20 incidents provided by Thacher officials last week to see if any of them constituted crimes.

  • It works reasonably well—some synopses are better than others—and it’s free.

  • These scenes bring out a strange lightheartedness you would not expect going into a film with such a heady synopsis.

  • For The Signature of All Things, for instance, I wrote a 70 page synopsis of the book before I wrote the book.

  • With my third book, what was supposed to be the climax (at least, according to the synopsis) arrived on page 100.

  • Grunwald offers a synopsis of the book in a Foreign Policy piece.

  • Skim a synopsis of a Roth satire and you might think him only riotous, ludicrous and extravagant.

  • His account of this initiation turns upon two or three points which do not appear in the synopsis of the sixth chapter.

  • He knew as much about it as Tadeo, but the published synopsis helped him and his fancy supplied the rest.

  • This briefer story cannot but be a repetition of the facts and a synopsis of the fuller statement of them.

  • Enough of its plan and purpose has been given in former chapters to make a synopsis of it unnecessary here.

  • Sidenotes giving a running synopsis of the text have been kept as close as possible to their original format and location.

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