brief

英[briːf]美[briːf]

adj.短暂的，简洁的，（衣服）短小的；

n.指示，任务简介，摘要，辩护律师；

v.给…指示，向…简要介绍情况；

复数：briefs;

第三人称单数：briefs;

过去式：briefed;

过去分词：briefed;

现在分词：briefing;

比较级：briefer;

*高级：briefest;

英语六级真题

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research? I have many Business English students.

In one of the study's experiments, subjects were given a brief description of a man from Chicago with the last name Williams.

The client company generallygives the advertising agency an agreed budget, a statement of theobjective of the advertising campaign known as a brief and an overall advertising strategy concerning the message to be communicated to the target customers.

By the 1950s, most schools required a brief personal statement of why the student had chosen to apply to one school over another.

But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index (which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recessio.

When those were finished, she concluded the session with a brief restatement of how the new system would improve security and peace of mind in the municipal building.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.

I'll start with a brief review of the reasons for the change that we really need to make a clean break to restart growth.

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

简短的；短暂的

Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.

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ADJ-GRADED

（讲话或文章）简短的，简洁的

A brief speech or piece of writing does not contain too many words or details.

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ADJ-GRADED

简明扼要的

If you are brief, you say what you want to say in as few words as possible.

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ADJ-GRADED

（时间）短的，短暂的

You can describe a period of time as brief if you want to emphasize that it is very short.

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N-PLURAL

短内裤

Men's or women's underpants can be referred to as briefs .

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VERB

（尤指就某项工作或某一重大事件）向…简要介绍情况

If someone briefs you, especially about a piece of work or a serious matter, they give you information that you need before you do it or consider it.

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N-COUNT

正式委托；指示

If someone gives you a brief, they officially give you responsibility for dealing with a particular thing.

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PHRASE

简短地

If you refer to something in brief, you are referring to a shortened version of it with few details.

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PHRASE

简言之；总之

You can say in brief to indicate that you are about to say something in as few words as possible or to give a summary of what you have just said.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

短暂的, 短时间的

简洁的, 简短的

简明的，表达简洁的，简要的，篇幅简短的，三言两语的

草率的，粗率无礼的，唐突无礼的，突然的

(衣着)短的，短而暴露的

vt.

向…介绍基本情况, 作…的摘要

(尤指事前)向…介绍基本情况，向…吹风；向…下达简令；在…事先向…做简要指点，向…布置简要任务(about，on)

n.

概要, 摘要

短文，概括；简短声明

(争议一方的情况或论点)要点摘录

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

2. a condensed written summary or abstract

Verb

1. give essential information to someone;

Adjective

1. of short duration or distance;

2. concise and succinct;

3. (of clothing) very short;

行业词典

计算机： 简短；