简而言之 meaning in English
make a long story short; briefly speaking; for shortness' sake; in a few words; in a nutshell; in brief; in short; to put it in a nutshell; to sum up
Examples
- In short, the wily old jew had the boy in his toils .
简而言之，狡猾的老犹太使那个孩子陷入了他的罗网。 - He had, in short, a great deal to make him a popular and successful figure .
简而言之，他有好些优点都足以成为一个受人欢迎的得意人物。 - Thus in short he settled to live--feeding all on the sense that he once had lived, and dependent on it not alone for a support but for an identity .
简而言之，他就这样安顿下来，完全靠他曾经生活过这一感觉活下来，他把这一感觉看做不仅是他生活的支柱，而且是他的个性。 - Put simply , human beings were getting smarter
简而言之，人类正变得越来越聪明。