vignette

noun

1. （清晰展示人物特征、局势等的）短文，简介，花絮；（表演）片段，小品
   a short piece of writing or acting that clearly shows what a particular person, situation, etc. is like
2. （尤指书名页上的）小花饰，小插图
   a small picture or drawing, especially on the first page of a book

1. N-COUNT （清晰介绍事物特征的）短文，简介，花絮
   A vignette is a short description, picture, or piece of acting which expresses very clearly and neatly the typical characteristics of the thing that it represents.
   1. The book is an excellent vignette of some of the major debates in science.
      这本书清晰而扼要地介绍了科学界的一些主要争议。

1. The book is an excellent vignette of some of the major debates in science.
   这本书清晰而扼要地介绍了科学界的一些主要争议。
2. This vignette is all too familiar to many software developers – even humdrum – but from the overall team perspective, there are several interesting things happening here.
   这个小插曲对于许多软件开发人员来说实在太熟悉不过了甚至有点单调但是从整个团队的角度看，其中发生了几件非常有趣的事情。
3. Some well-known players here include Vignette and Interwoven, which provide enterprise-level products.
   CMS领域的著名厂商包括Vignette和Interwoven，他们提供企业级的产品。
4. The constraint formulas for designing the geometries of primary baffle and secondary baffle are deduced when taking account of vignette of R-C system.
   针对R-C系统的特点，考虑轴外渐晕的影响，推导出主、次镜内遮光罩尺寸设计的约束公式。
5. A fascinating vignette of family life.
   家庭生活有趣的一幕。
6. In one vignette, a dancer performs a sultry striptease atop a red couch that is shaped like a pair of lips.
   在光线的晕映中，一名舞者会在一个红色的沙发上表演一段具有挑逗性的脱衣舞，这个红色的沙发的形状看起来像一对嘴唇。
7. If there is a balance of power between the writer and the reader in this little vignette, the power really I think finally resides with the writer.
   如果作者和读者之间，存在力量平衡的话，我觉得最后力量肯定归于作者一方。
8. The playful titles for each vignette draw from the style of traditional burlesque shows.
   每一幕场景的有趣的标题均来源于传统的喜剧表演风格。
9. The patient in the vignette has a preadmission history of poor food intake, substantial weight loss, and evidence of skeletal-muscle and fat wasting.
   文章开头小病历中的患者，有住院前摄食差、严重体重减轻的病史，以及骨骼肌和脂肪消耗的证据。
10. Being a hobo is produced in this little vignette by the experience of seeing a hobo get pie from your mother.
    当流浪汉是受了小时候经历的影响，就是看到一个流浪汉从妈妈那儿得到了一块派。
11. A clinical vignette was given, showing how the analyst responds to the patient's transference, discloses his countertransference and the patient's response to the revenlation of the analyst.
    介绍了作者在实际案例中的经验，包括分析师对病人移情的反应、分析师反移情的开放及病人对开放的反应。
12. Conclusion WHS questionnaire shows a high dependability in collecting reality data, but is reliability need to be improved in vignette questions.
    结论WHS问卷在收集事实性数据方面具有很高的可靠性，但在情景问题方面的信度有待于提高。
13. The type of research is divided into vignette and portrait by means of brick surface design according to the related knowledge and method of Archaeological Typology and the Pattern Study.
    对于空心砖的类型学研究，根据考古类型学、图案学相关知识和方法，借助于砖面图案，将其分为装饰图案和画像图案两种。

noun

1. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)

2. a photograph whose edges shade off gradually

3. a brief literary description

   Synonym:    sketch