in short/brief/sum

To put it simply, the earth is a small planet.

简而言之，地球是个小行星。

In short, I am interested in all of the sports.

简而言之, 我对一切运动都感兴趣。

To put it simply, in a dual exchange rate system,

简而言之，实行双重汇率时，

The problem/pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter.

简而言之，问题是找一个看小孩的人。

It is, in short, extremely annoying.

简而言之，这将是非常麻烦的局面。

He is terrified, in short, by limitless horizons.

简而言之，无边无际的地平线使他感到恐惧。

To make a long story short every country or region has its own characteristic sports.

简而言之，每个国家、地区都有自己的流行运动。

In brief, her works neither elevate nor instruct.

简而言之，她的作品既没有提高【华】也没有说教。

In short, Mr Bernanke has risen to the challenges he has faced.

简而言之，伯南克先生面对挑战并未倒下。

In short, the purpose of the regulations was to protect domestic industries.

简而言之，这个法规的目的是要保护国内的企业。

In essence, you need to invest in building your future capacity.

简而言之，你需要对你的将来能力提前投资。

He found, to put it most succinctly, that children don't think like grown-ups.

简而言之，他发现孩子们的思考方式与成人不同。

the history is summed up concisely in this book; she replied briefly; briefly, we have a problem; to put it shortly.

在这本书里只简要概述了这段历史；她简要地做了回答；简单地说吧，我们有个疑问；简而言之。

Briefly, these are questions to consider before you sign any rental agreement:</P>

简而言之，你在签订租约之前要考虑以下几个问题：

In short, every user has to consider the tradeoff between usability and security/paranoia.

简而言之，用户必须在安全性和易用性之间作出妥协。

In short, the Incandescence channel brightens (or, in some special circumstances, darkens) the way the color channel is evaluated during the render.

简而言之，白炽通道变亮颜色通道的方式是在渲染中评估的。

In short, though the overall effect is positive, there are losers as well as winners.

简而言之，尽管总体影响比较积极，总还是有赢家和输家。

Carla: In a word, I suppose money. There's a lot to be made from coal and building stone.

卡拉:我想，简而言之就是为了钱。煤和建筑石材，可以卖很多钱。