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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compendious \Com*pen"di*ous\, a. [L. compendiosus.]
   Containing the substance or general principles of a subject
   or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

         More compendious and expeditious ways.   --Woodward.

         Three things be required in the oration of a man having
         authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and
         delectable.                              --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.

   Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive;
        succinct; brief; concise.

资料来源 : WordNet®

compendious
     adj : briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
           compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and
           pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation
           of a wide-ranging subject" [syn: {compact}, {succinct},
            {summary}]