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summary

/sˈʌmɜriː/A2

即决的 / 草率的 (adj.)

在法律和官场语境中，`summary` 作形容词指「不经繁琐法律程序、当场立即执行的」。`summary judgment` 就是「即决审判/直接判决」。

It was an unprecedented roundup of criminals of every ilk.

Your brother made a public show of it, meting out the summary judgments himself.

I'm told they needed a two-horse cart to haul away the resulting dismemberments when it was done.