brief 英 [bri:f]   美 [brif]

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 

a brief visit, a brief meeting, a brief conversation 短时间的参观╱会议╱交谈
a brief pause, a brief silence 暂时停顿╱沉默

  • 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
  • 1. a brief visit, a brief meeting, a brief conversation

    短时间的参观╱会议╱交谈

  • 2. a brief pause, a brief silence

    暂时停顿╱沉默

  • 3. a brief description

    简明扼要的描述

  • 4. In brief, the meeting was a disaster.

    总之,那会议糟透了。

  • 5. I was given the brief of reorganizing the department.

    我被分派去改组这个部门。

  • 6. to stick to your brief

    仅做分内的事

  • 7. to prepare a brief for sb

    给某人准备指示

  • 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.
brief AWL / briːf ; NAmE briːf / adjective , noun , verb brief briefs briefed briefing briefer briefest adjective ( brief·er , brief·est ) 1 lasting only a short time; short 短时间的;短暂的 a brief visit/meeting/conversation 短时间的参观╱会议╱交谈 a brief pause/silence 暂时停顿╱沉默 Mozart's life was brief. 莫扎特的一生很短暂。 2 using few words 简洁的;简单的 a brief description/summary/account 简明扼要的描述╱总结╱叙述 Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly). 请简明扼要。 3 (of clothes 衣服 ) short and not covering much of the body 过短的;暴露身体的 a brief skirt 超短裙 see also brevity , briefly IDIOM in brief in a few words, without details 简言之;一言以蔽之 In brief, the meeting was a disaster. 总之,那会议糟透了。 Now the rest of the news in brief. 现在简要报道其他新闻。 noun see also briefs 1 ( BrE) the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are 任务简介;指示 It wasn't part of his brief to speak to the press. 交付他的任务不包括向新闻界发言。 I was given the briefof reorganizing the department. 我被分派去改组这个部门。 to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do) 仅做分内的事 to prepare/produce a brieffor sb 给某人准备╱制订指示 2 ( BrE) ( law ) a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a barrister (向辩护律师提供的)案情摘要;委托辩护 3 ( NAmE) ( law ) a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court 辩护状 4 ( BrE) ( informal) a solicitoror a defence lawyer 事务律师;辩护律师 I want to see my brief. 我想见我的律师。 5 ( especially NAmE) = briefing  (2 ) Officials are pushing for this target to be included in the next presidential brief. 官员正敦促在下一次总统的简报中一定要包括这个目标。 IDIOM hold no brief for sb/sth ( BrE) ( formal) to not support or be in favour of sb/sth 不支持,不赞成(某人或某事);不为…辩护 I hold no brief for either side in this war. 这次战争的双方我都不支持。 verb 1 to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it 给(某人)指示;向(某人)介绍情况 briefsb I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. 我希望随时向我报告全面情况。 briefsb on/about sth 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。 compare debrief 2 briefsb (to do sth) ( BrE) ( law ) to give a lawyer, especially a barrister,the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court 向(辩护律师)提供案情摘要 brief / briːf ; NAmE briːf /
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