a. 扼要的, 简明的

[ adj ]
briefly giving the gist of something
<adj.all>
a short and compendious booka compact style is brief and pithy
succinct comparisons
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

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.