pithy
Significado: Concise and forcefully expressive; terse and meaningful. Also, in botany, containing or resembling pith.
Pithy describes language that is not merely short but densely packed with meaning and impact. A pithy remark is memorable precisely because it compresses an important insight into very few words. The word draws its metaphorical power from the botanical sense — pith is the essential core of a plant stem. Common collocations include 'pithy observation,' 'pithy comment,' 'pithy summary,' and 'pithy one-liner.'
Ejemplos
- The reviewer summed up the novel with the pithy observation that it was 'Dickens without the hope. 那位评论家用一句精辟的观察总结了这部小说:'没有希望的狄更斯。El crítico resumió la novela con la sustanciosa observación de que era 'Dickens sin esperanza.その批評家は、小説を「希望のないディケンズ」という核心を突いた一言で要約した。그 비평가는 '희망 없는 디킨스'라는 핵심을 찌르는 한마디로 그 소설을 요약했다.
- She was known for her pithy one-liners, which colleagues would quote for months afterwards. 她以精辟的妙语著称,同事们在之后的数月里反复引用。Era conocida por sus sustanciosas ocurrencias, que sus colegas citaban durante meses.彼女は含蓄のある名言で知られ、同僚たちは何か月もそれを引用し続けた。그녀는 함축적인 명언으로 유명했으며, 동료들은 그 말을 몇 달이고 인용하곤 했다.
- His autobiography is full of pithy reflections on power, delivered with the dry wit of a man who wielded it for decades. 他的自传中充满了关于权力的精辟反思,以一个行使权力数十年之人的干练机智娓娓道来。Su autobiografía está repleta de reflexiones sustanciosas sobre el poder, expresadas con el humor seco de un hombre que lo ejerció durante décadas.彼の自伝は権力についての含蓄ある省察に満ちており、数十年にわたり権力を振るった人物ならではの渋い機知で綴られている。그의 자서전은 권력에 대한 함축적인 성찰로 가득하며, 수십 년간 권력을 휘둘렀던 인물 특유의 건조한 재치로 서술되어 있다.
Pronunciación
Guía de uso
Contexto: journalism, literary, general
Tono: neutral
Origen e historia
From 'pith' (the spongy tissue at the core of a plant stem), from Old English 'pitha.' The figurative sense of concise and meaningful developed in the 16th century, alluding to the essential, concentrated core of something.
Contexto cultural
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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