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文体家，但大多数法律语言都是繁琐、纠结，他们无法写精辟内容。

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

让我们从精练语句王子——柴郡猫开始。

It's fine if they are brief and pithy.

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精辟忠告。

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

还是我应该讲个精辟笑话来缓和气氛？

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

最后，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”意思相同词是“brief”或“pithy”（精髓）。

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

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 网聊时候比较含蓄。

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.

他们口号、呐喊、精辟而意味深长词句充满了统治。

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

所以，精髓是由别人发生事情引起悲伤和同情。

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，但他们可以… … 好吧，我想不是。

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新书中，格森（他更喜欢这样称呼）对那条早期提警告进行更新和扩展。

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

可能会说，最著名精妙生物就是树须，对吧？

Usually I don't look stuff up; I let my ignorance stand alone, but pith… well, pithy, maybe, is unrelated.

通常我不会去查资料；我让我无知独自存在，但精髓… … 好吧，精髓，也许是无关。

A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I've got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after.

" 谷歌" 几下，快速点开几个链接，就可以找到我所需要事实或者精炼引证。