brief
brief 英 [bri:f] 美 [brif]
adj. 简短的，简要的 n. 摘要，简报；概要 vt. 简报，摘要
进行时:briefing 过去式:briefed 过去分词:briefed 第三人称单数:briefs 名词复数:briefs 比较级:briefer 最高级:briefest
- Something brief is short and to the point. If you make a brief visit, you don't stay long. If you make a brief statement, you use few words. If you wear brief shorts, you are showing a little too much leg.
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- adj. 简短的，简要的
- n. 摘要，简报；概要
- vt. 简报，摘要
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1. a brief visit, a brief meeting, a brief conversation
短时间的参观╱会议╱交谈
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2. a brief pause, a brief silence
暂时停顿╱沉默
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3. a brief description
简明扼要的描述
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4. In brief, the meeting was a disaster.
总之，那会议糟透了。
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5. I was given the brief of reorganizing the department.
我被分派去改组这个部门。
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6. to stick to your brief
仅做分内的事
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7. to prepare a brief for sb
给某人准备指示
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8. The officer briefed her on what to expect.
军官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。
- brief (adj.) c. 1300, bref, "of short duration;" early 14c., "small with respect to length, short;" from Latin brevis (adj.) "short, low, little, shallow," from PIE *mregh-wi-, from root *mregh-u- "short."
- brief (n.) early 14c., bref, "a writing issued by authority," from Latin breve (genitive brevis), noun derivative of adjective brevis "short, little" (from PIE root *mregh-u- "short") which came to mean "letter, summary," specifically a letter of the pope (less ample and solemn than a bull), and thus came to mean "letter of authority," which yielded the modern, legal sense of "systematic summary of the facts of a case" (1630s). Sense of "a short or concise writing" is from 1560s.
- brief (v.) "to give instructions or information to," 1866; originally "to instruct by a brief" (1862), from brief (n.). Related: Briefed; briefing.
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