In a few words she had put him in his place.

几句话她就让他安分了下来。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Short messages are often written clearly in a few words.

短信往往只用几个字就能将意思表达清楚。

youdao

I wonder if you could say then in a few words what the advantages are for a girl at a single-sex school.

你是否可以简单地说一下在单性别学校读书对女孩来说有什么好处？

youdao

Still,in the words of an old American saying, the person who keeps pulling the grapevine shakes down at least a few grapes.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

So if you say, "Can you summerize for me in a few words the main ideas?"

如果你问,"你能简单地,为我总结一下上节课的内容吗"

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Frost as a narrator, in these great poems I'm describing, frames his people's words minimally, with few bits of narrative information.

作为一个叙事者，弗罗斯特在我所说的那些伟大的诗歌中，最低程度地用框架框住人的语言，夹杂着少许叙事的信息。

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Haiku, the Japanese structured poem of 17 syllables, delivers in a few words something distinct and often complex.

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Life in Dagestan, in a few words, can be chaotic and violent, and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, short.

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At the time, users typed in a few words and got a list of thousands of Web sites using those words, but most of the results were irrelevant.

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