Chinese word

提炼

Pronunciation

Pinyintí liàn

Meaning

  • verbsummarize

Example

老师教我们把报告的内容提炼成一段话。lǎo shī jiào wǒ men bǎ bào gào de nèi róng tí liàn chéng yí duàn huà

The teacher taught us to summarize the report's content in one paragraph.

Illustration for 提炼 (summarize)

More examples

我们需要从这些数据中提炼信息以支持结论。wǒ men xū yào cóng zhè xiē shù jù zhōng tí liàn xìn xī yǐ zhī chí jié lùn

We need to summarize information from these data to support the conclusion.

Core concept

Turn a large body of words or ideas into a smaller form that keeps its essential content.

Common phrases

  • 提炼信息tí liàn xìn xī

    summarize information

  • 提炼材料tí liàn cái liào

    summarize material

  • 提炼精华tí liàn jīng huá

    summarize the essence

Similar words

总结zǒng jié: To give a short account of the main points or conclusion of an event, lesson, or study.
概括gài kuò: To state the common main points found across many pieces of information.
提取tí qǔ: To remove a particular part, substance, or piece of information from something.

Definition in Chinese

对文字、讲话或材料进行加工，抽出主要观点并用更简洁的形式表达。duì wén zì jiǎng huà huò cái liào jìn xíng jiā gōng chōu chū zhǔ yào guān diǎn bìng yòng gèng jiǎn jié de xíng shì biǎo dá

Word origin

提 (tí, "lift out") + 炼 (liàn, "refine") presents the process as lifting out useful material and refining it into something purer.

Usage tips

  • The word suits abstract results as well as documents, so a key point, lesson, or insight can be its object in everyday Chinese.

Other meanings

  • extractverb
  • refineverb

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