[ fùgǎo ] a draft worked out in one's mind; mental notes
Example Sentences:
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Some authors make thorough mental preparation before they put pen to paper . 有些作者在下笔之前已经完全打好了腹稿。
2.
Some writers make thorough mental preparation , before they put pen to paper 一些作家在下笔之前就完全打好了腹稿。
3.
He nodded in acknowledgment of balashovs low and respectful bow , and going up to him , began to talk at once like a man who values every minute of his time , and will not deign to preface what he is going to say , as he is sure of always speaking well and saying the right thing 他点了一下头，算是回答了巴拉瑟夫恭敬的深深的鞠躬，走到巴拉瑟夫面前，立刻说起话来，就像一个珍惜自己每一分钟时间的人，用不着打腹稿，并相信他总会说得好，需要说什么。
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Concluding by inspection but erroneously that his silent companion was engaged in mental composition he reflected on the pleasures derived from literature of instruction rather than of amusement as he himself had applied to the works of william shakespeare more than once for the solution of difficult problems in imaginary or real life 他根据观察误以为默默无言的伙伴正在打腹稿。他想道，使自己得到乐趣的与其说是娱乐性的文学，毋宁说是教诲性的文学。为了解答想像中或现实生活中的疑难问题，他本人就曾不只一次地向威廉莎士比亚的作品请教过。
