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pré·cis /ˈpreɪsiː $ preɪˈsiː/ noun (plural précis /-siːz $ -ˈsiːz/) [countableC] ALSUMMARIZE especially British EnglishBrE a statement which gives the main idea of a piece of writing, speech etc 〔文章、演说等的〕摘要，梗概，概要 SYN summary, American English abstract a précis of the report 报告的摘要
—précis verb [transitiveT]