cursory
something short, brief
TRANSLATION
flüchtig, rasch, oberflächlich
STATISTICS
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"A CURSORY look at the programme's message board on the BBC website, in response to the programme, showed that viewers had been most affected by the fear that salmon might harm their children."
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From the late Latin cursorius "pertaining to running" from Latin cursor "runner" from currerre "to run." This root is found in many words borrowed from Latin, including "current," "corridor" "courier," "course," "corral" and Afrikaans kraal "corral, rural village." English "car" comes from Latin carrus "wagon" of the same root, which also underlies "career," "charge," and "chariot," not to mention "carpenter" from Latin carpentum "a two-wheeled carriage."
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Note:
cursory glance = oberflächlicher Blick, ein flüchtiger Blick
cursory reading = oberflächliches Lesen
a cursory reading = ein oberflächliches Überfliegen des Textes
cursory inspection = oberflächliche Kontrolle
From the late Latin cursorius "pertaining to running" from Latin cursor "runner" from currerre "to run." This root is found in many words borrowed from Latin, including "current," "corridor" "courier," "course," "corral" and Afrikaans kraal "corral, rural village." English "car" comes from Latin carrus "wagon" of the same root, which also underlies "career," "charge," and "chariot," not to mention "carpenter" from Latin carpentum "a two-wheeled carriage."
Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
Note:
cursory glance = oberflächlicher Blick, ein flüchtiger Blick
cursory reading = oberflächliches Lesen
a cursory reading = ein oberflächliches Überfliegen des Textes
cursory inspection = oberflächliche Kontrolle
