To be short
简单地说,简言之,总而言之
🧩 词语组成解析
to
[tu,tə]
prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于;
adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
be
[bi]
v. 是;有，存在;做，成为;发生;
aux. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质;
short
[ʃɔːrt]
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地;
n. 短裤;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取;
vi. 短路;
🗣️ 情景例句
and I promised to have lunch with both of them today.
我答应今天和他们共进午餐。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
做贼心虚，良心自诛。
and usually lashes fiercely with its trunk in all directions.
往往是用鼻子朝各个方向猛烈地甩动。