There are definitions based on form, circularity, symmetry, economy of form, lack of economy of form, and repetition.

有些定义是基于形式，循环，对称，形式的精简与否，重复。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We have a table of the elements with properties varying periodically with atomic mass, so we compress all of that information and refer to it as the Periodic Table.

我们有一个元素表，其中的元素的特性,随着原子质量的改变而引起周期性的变化，所以我们将所有的信息精简,将它变成一个周期表。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

And nobody knows, nobody believes that we can cut spending, right? -Somebody down the road has to pay the bills Somebody down the road has to pay the bills, either by cutting spending, cutting benefits or raising taxes.

而几乎没人相信,政府能够成功节流，不是吗？，-那总得,有人来埋单啊,迟早要有人来为此埋单的，要么精简政府开支，削减福利，要么增税。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

You open what we call the "text editor," the specific one we used on Wednesday was called Nano, -- which is similar to Notepad or TextEdit -- totally simple, kind of dumbed down but in a useful way so that you can just focus on writing code and not learning some new interface.

你先打开那个“文本编辑器“,就是我们周三用过的叫做Nano的编辑器，这个跟写字板和记事本差不多-,非常简单的，只是通过一种有用的方法而进行精简了的,所以你们可以把注意力集中在编写代码上,而不需要学习一些新的界面操作。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

.. But McCain is, McCain wants to increase... What you are saying effectively is the next president must raise taxes in a massive way Because you are saying you can only cut taxes if you cut spending.

然而麦凯恩想要增加。,那照你的意思,下届政府必须大幅增税了，毫无悬念,因为你说一旦减税,就必须跟着精简开支。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选