Word of the Day for Monday, April 16, 2012
aperçu \a-per-SY\, noun:
1. A hasty glance; a glimpse.
2. An immediate estimate or judgment; understanding; insight.
3. An outline or summary.
Dr. Lornier, if you would be kind enough to give us a summary of your accomplishments and an aperçu of your plans for the next two months.
-- Mona Risk, To Love a Hero
He was going to lecture that afternoon on Prosperity and, since I was unable to go to the lecture, he was good enough to give me an aperçu of the situation.
-- Ford Madox Ford, It Was the Nightingale
Aperçu literally means "perceived" in French. It entered English in the 1820s.
APERCU\ A-每SY\,名詞:
1。一個匆忙的一瞥驚鴻一瞥。
2。立即估計或判斷;了解;洞察。
3。大綱或摘要。
博士Lornier,如果你是一種足以給我們總結了自己的成就和未來兩個月的計劃APERCU。
- 的蒙娜麗莎風險,要愛英雄
他要講授繁榮下午,因為我無法去演講,他不夠好,給我一個APERCU的情況。
- 福特馬多克斯福特,這是南丁格爾
APERCU的字面意思是“認為”在法國。它在19世紀20年代進入英語。
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