| 词汇 | long-story-short |
| 释义 | long story shortidiomUS C1 used when you do not tell all the details: 长话短说 Long story short, I got fired.长话短说，我被解雇了。 Incomplete Anglocentric Anglocentrism broad brush demi- Eurocentric extent hemi- imperfect imperfection imperfectly in a manner of speakingidiom incomplete partly patchily patchiness patchy scratch/scrape the surfaceidiom semi up to a pointidiom vaguely Examples of long story shortlong story short However, to make a longstoryshort, the ' hypotheticalists ' eventually won the debate and what was considered proper science changed drastically. To make a longstoryshort, one branch of the primate tree evolved the capacity to use verbal sounds instead of gaze to pick out objects of intended mutual attention. To cut a longstoryshort, the wheels were retrieved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To make a longstoryshort, the result of the first meeting was a complete rejection of all the points submitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, on decasualisation in 1967 the companies were obliged to absorb labour irrespective of the physical capacity of the men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, that happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, he seems to believe that this is the proper way to behave. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a fairly longstoryshort, my constituents suffered severe harassment, to such an extent that they had to leave the estate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, he offered me an appointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So, to cut a longstoryshort, we left well alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, to cut a longstoryshort, after considering the matter my friend has had to leave dairying altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, the conductor of such a mediocre brass band had a dual task. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To cut a longstoryshort, two facts emerged from it which are of great interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, we had to bring our project to a premature end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut a longstoryshort, they end with a letter saying that he must appear at a county court in a certain town on a certain date. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of long story short These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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