Rather than glorify the Iron Duke, it seems to exemplify one of his pithiest verdicts.

这可不是在颂扬“铁公爵”（the Iron Duke，指惠灵顿），这看起来更象是在例证他的的精辟判断。

Though some judges are sophisticated stylists, most legal language is fussy, tangled and incapable of producing anything so pithy.

尽管有些法官是老练的文体家，但大多数法律语言都是繁琐、纠结的，他们无法写出如此精辟的内容。

Let's start with the prince of pithy statements, the Cheshire Cat.

让我们从精练语句的王子——柴郡猫开始。

Most discussion of inflation, however, focuses on its better-known and pithier relative, the consumer-price index (CPI).

然而，大多数关于通货膨胀的讨论都集中在更广为人知、更简明的相关数据上，即消费者价格指数(CPI)。

It's fine if they are brief and pithy.

如果它们简短明了就好了。

Amongst them was one pithy counsel I will never forget.

其中有一条我永远不会忘记的精辟忠告。

Or should I make a pithy joke to lighten the atmosphere?

还是我应该讲个精辟的笑话来缓和气氛？

And last, bank your stories, even if they're short and pithy.

最后，把你的故事存起来，即使它们短小精悍。

Other words that mean the same as " concise" and " succinct" are " brief" or " pithy" (pithy).

其他与“concise”、“succinct”意思相同的词是“brief”或“pithy”（精髓）。

First, Hemingway never said it – it's actually a pithy re-phrasing of a passage from a novel called Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries.

首先，海明威从来没有说过这句话——这实际上是对彼得·德·弗里斯的小说《鲁本》中一段话的精练改写。

You don't hear " pithy" used very much anymore, but I rather like it.

你不会再听到“pithy”这个词了，但我更喜欢它。

Except in this, I would say I'm… I guess I am being pithy.

除了这一点，我会说我… … 我想我很简洁。

I know. It's much easier to be pithy on ichat.

我知道 网聊的时候你比较含蓄。

I may have to look up what pith is, 'cause why is it pithy?

我可能得查一下什么是精髓，因为为什么它是精髓？

The catchwords, the cries, the pithy and pregnant phrases of which their speech is full, all mean dominion.

他们的口号、呐喊、精辟而意味深长的词句充满了统治。

I would not say Yodish beings are the pithiest, but they could… well, I guess not.

我不会说尤迪什人是最精辟的，但他们可以… … 好吧，我想不是。

So, pithy is sorrow and compassion caused by something going on with somebody else.

所以，精髓是由别人发生的事情引起的悲伤和同情。

But he was a philosopher as well as a poet—and his beautiful and pithy verse is as relevant now as it was then.

但是他既是一位哲学家，又是一位诗人——他美妙简练的诗歌现在和当时同样适用。

In a pithy but overstated new book, Gessen (who prefers to be referred to that way) updates and expands on that early warning.

在一本简练但言过其实的新书中，格森（他更喜欢这样称呼）对那条早期提出的警告进行更新和扩展。

You'd say, the most famous pithy being would be Treebeard, right?

你可能会说，最著名的精妙生物就是树须，对吧？