| 单词 |
conciseness |
| 释义 |
conciseness|kənˈsaɪsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] Concise quality; brevity, terseness.
1659O. Walker Oratory 35 Such a conciseness, not onely avoiding..Tautology, but savouring of..acuteness, force, and clearness. 1695Dryden Pref. 2nd Misc. (R.), The conciseness of Demosthenes. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 157 ⁋7 An old clergyman, who rightly conjectured the reason of my conciseness. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Manners Wks. (Bohn) II. 50 They value themselves..on conciseness and going to the point, in private affairs. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton vii. 89 What is slang but an effort at conciseness? |

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