in a word

基本解釋

In a word, yes.
用一個(gè)字來說，是。
In a word, they can do everything they like with, money.
總之，他們用金錢能做到他們喜歡做的一切。
Listing 4. Testing an edge case: What if someone presses the button without typing in a word?
清單 4. 測(cè)試一個(gè)極端例子：如果有人沒有輸入單詞就按下了按鈕該怎么辦？

University of Notre Dame anthropology professor Susan Blum wrote about this in a new book, "My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture."
Those, you might say, summed up in a word are what the 19 laws of nature command.
那些就是總結(jié)在,19條自然法中的法令。
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By the way, in what I'm saying, I oversimplify by supposing that the basic unit of language is a word.
因?yàn)槲蚁胝f的是，我們現(xiàn)在是把語言的基本單位簡(jiǎn)單化了。
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In a word: jobs, More specifically, the kinds of low-skilled jobs we desperately need.
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said when you are going to give your opinion about something quickly and directly