in a word

The whole matter lay in a nutshell.

整个事情可以一言以蔽之。

Confucius said: "The verses of the Book of Odes can be summed up in a single phrase: 'Don't think in an evil way.'"

子曰:「诗三百,一言以蔽之,曰:思无邪。」

” In a word, money is more powerful than anything else.

一言以蔽之，钱比任何另外的东西更有力量。

” In short, he believes that the phone will be“ the remote-control for life”.

”一言以蔽之，他认为电话将会成为“生活的遥控器”。

There we have the relationship of art and morality in a nutshell.

一言以蔽之，艺术与道德的关系便是如此。

The reason was simple: There were few credible candidates in the opposition camp.

为什么？ 一言以蔽之，反对党阵营人才凋零。

but its nature can perhaps be expressed in one word: it is the problem of the homelessness of a people.

不过它的性质也许可以一言以蔽之：一个民族无家可归的问题。

In a word, a dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and (be) regarded as a public enemy.

一言以蔽之，一个不诚实的人会被人看轻的而且被看作为一个公敌。

From the middle social strata upwards to the Kuomintang right-wingers, there was not a single person who did not sum up the whole business in the phrase, "It's terrible!"

从中层以上社会至国民党右派，无不一言以蔽之曰：“糟得很。”

The key to the sun's energetic fury is, in a word, magnetism.

一言以蔽之，这种太阳能量爆发的关键是磁力问题。

We were, in short, not just getting out under the cynical cover of a "decent interval" before the final collapse.

一言以蔽之，我们的目的不光是在“争取一段体面的时间”的巧言掩饰下在最后崩溃之前抽出身来。

"The qualities needed to succeed in the network economy can be reduced to this: a facility for charging into the unknown."

“在网络经济中取得成功所需的素质可以一言以蔽之：一种冲入未知领域的技能。”

On balance, it is impossible to generalize and determine whether Poland or Yugoslavia grants foreign investors more freedom.

权衡之下，殊难一言以蔽之而判定究竟给予外国投资者更大自由的是波兰还是南斯拉夫。

There is no enumerating the evils of dishonesty here. In a word, a dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and (be) regarded as a public enemy.

无法在这里叙述不诚实的害处。一言以蔽之，一个不诚实的人会被人看轻的而且会被看作公敌。

Japanese Policy to China from the Lugouqiao Incident to the period of the Songhu resistant battle,was to launch the all-out war of aggression against China.

从“七七事变”到淞沪抗战时期的日本对华政策,一言以蔽之,就是日本发动全面侵华战争的政策。

In short, I think many of the problems we face in dealing with China are conceptual in nature.

一言以蔽之，在处理中国时，我们所面对的许多问题本质上是观念的问题。

Literary criticism in the last twenty years has constantlyengendered a lack or abuse of the validity of the discourse in literary theory.

近二十年中国文论的进展有目共睹，其弊端则一言以蔽之，曰缺乏有效性，或曰自说自话。

There is no enumerating the eils of dishonesty here. In a word, a dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and (be) regarded as a public enemy.

无法在这里数述不诚实的害处。一言以蔽之，一个不诚实的人会被人看轻的而且被看作为一个公敌。