concise: suggests the removal of whatever is superfluous or elaborative: a ~ study of the situation.


terse: implies pointed, elegant conciseness: a ~ reply that ended the conversation.


succinct: implies precise expression without waste of words: a ~ letter of resignation.


laconic: implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious: a ~ people who are cold to strangers.


summary: suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation: a ~ listing of the year's main events.


pithy: adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance: the play's dialog is studded with ~ one-liners.      one-liner(单句的)俏皮话、打趣话、小笑话a funny remark or a joke told in one sentence, for example in a play or comedy programme, 如the book is witty and peppered with good one-liners这本书诙谐幽默，妙语趣话随处可见


compendious: implies a treatmentat once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment: a ~ report giving all that is known about the disease.


concise简洁: 表示去除多余没有详述，terse简短: 指简洁但生硬的，succinct简明: 表示语言精确无废话，laconic简短: 简短到了无礼无感神秘的程度，summary概括:表示声明要点，不详述不解释，pithy精辟: 表示简短的同时意义内涵丰富，compendious概略的: 表示范围完整而内容简略


记忆方法: 1）首字母PLS CT CS想成请控制时间和篇幅？(再想想)==>尽量简洁


        2）简洁的意思是表达和说明时简短mean very brief in statement or expression.