summary的意义

1. A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details总结；摘要；概括
Here's a summary of the day's news.下面是今日新闻简报。
What follows is a brief summary of the process.接下来是对此流程的一个简短概括。
Milligan gives a fair summary of his subject within a relatively short space.米利根用比较小的篇幅对他的课题作了一个清晰简要的概述。

2. Summary actions are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead从速的；即决的；草草的
The four men were killed after a summary trial.草草审讯后这四个人即被处死。
It says torture and summary execution are common.那上面称酷刑和草草处决很常见。

There is no doubt that some considered that a beating was no more than summary justice.毫无疑问，有人认为拷打比草菅人命好不到哪去。