in a nutshell

意思

very briefly, giving only the main points

非常簡短地，只講要點.

例句

1. 1In a nutshell, the plan is to save money by cooking at home more often.
2. 2Can you tell me in a nutshell what the film is about?
3. 3The meeting lasted two hours, but in a nutshell, nothing is going to change.
4. 4Her twenty-page report says, in a nutshell, that the shop should close on Sundays.
5. 5Without all the details, the story in a nutshell is that we missed the last train.

文法

固定片語：保留 in a。也可說 put something in a nutshell 或 to put it in a nutshell。