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Brevity is the soul of wit.是什么意思？

Brevity is the soul of wit.

言以简洁为贵。

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brevity is the soul of wit

brevity

n. 短暂，简洁；

is

vt.& vi. 是（be的三单形式；n. 存在；

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

soul

n. 灵魂，精神，幽灵，人；adj. 美国黑人文化的；

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

wit

n. 机智，才智，智慧，富有机智的人，打趣话，玩笑话；
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