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英语单词“not waste words”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 not waste words 释义

not waste words

idiomIf someone does notwastewords, theytalkonly about what isimportantusing as few words aspossible:惜字如金;不多费口舌Heexplainedthewholesystemin about 30seconds- he doesn'twastewords, does he?他只用了大约30秒来解释整个系统——真是惜字如金,对不对?
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not speaking much or often
  • quietShe's a quiet little thing.
  • taciturnHer father was a shy, taciturn man.
  • abruptHe is criticised for being too abrupt with his clients.
  • curtShe was very curt with him.
  • terseI don't appreciate how terse she is in meetings.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not saying much
  • a few well-chosen wordsidiom
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • briefly
  • cat
  • concise
  • concisely
  • conciseness
  • crisp
  • gnomic
  • laconic
  • monosyllabic
  • monosyllabically
  • pithily
  • quietly
  • quietness
  • reticence
  • reticent
  • reticently
  • taciturn
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(Definition ofnot waste wordsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/not-waste-words##