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TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
brief
brf brif
Word forms: comparative briefer, superlative briefest, plural , 3rd person singular present tense briefs, present participle briefing, past tense , past participle briefed
1 ADJ-GRADED 简短的;短暂的 Something that is brief lasts for only a short time. 简短的;短暂的
  • She once made a brief appearance on television.

    她曾经在电视上短暂露面。

  • This time their visit is brief.

    他们这次的访问时间很短。

2 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. (讲话或文章)简短的,简洁的
  • In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs.

    他作了一个简短的声明,集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。

  • Write a very brief description of a typical problem.

    就一个典型问题作简要的描述。

3 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ] 简明扼要的 If you are brief, you say what you want to say in as few words as possible. 简明扼要的
  • Now please be brief — my time is valuable.

    请长话短说我的时间宝贵。

  • I hope to be brief and to the point.

    我希望简明扼要,抓住重点。

4 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (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. (时间)短的,短暂的 [emphasis]
  • For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.

    短短几分钟我们就忘记了焦虑与苦恼。

5 N-PLURAL [oft a pair of NOUN] 短内裤 Men's or women's underpants can be referred to as briefs . 短内裤
  • A bra and a pair of briefs lay on the floor.

    地板上有一个胸罩和一条短内裤。

6 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. (尤指就某项工作或某一重大事件)向简要介绍情况
  • A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters. [VERB noun]

    一位国防部发言人向记者们简要介绍了情况。

  • The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides. [be VERB-ed + by]

    首相已听取了她议会助手的简要汇报。

7 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive] 正式委托;指示 If someone gives you a brief, they officially give you responsibility for dealing with a particular thing. 正式委托;指示 [mainly British, formal]
  • ...customs officials with a brief to stop foreign porn coming into Britain.

    受命阻止国外淫秽出版物流入英国的海关官员

8 See also: briefer  briefing 
9 PHRASE [n PHRASE] [n PHRASE] 简短地 If you refer to something in brief, you are referring to a shortened version of it with few details. 简短地
  • ...and now sport in brief.

    现在播报体育简讯

SYN briefly, in summary, in synopsis, in digest form
10 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. 简言之;总之
  • In brief, take no risks.

    总之,不能冒险。

Phrasal verbs:
brief against
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N.

brief appearance, brief conversation, brief pause 1

brief description, brief explanation, brief history, brief speech, brief statement 2

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TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
brief

noun

report; instructions報告;指令ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRIEF | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEclear, detailed, thorough (NAmE) 清晰的簡短命令;詳細的指示;全面的簡報daily (NAmE) 日常簡報news (NAmE) 簡要新聞court, legal, planning (BrE) 法庭辯護狀;案情摘要;規劃綱要intelligence, mission (NAmE) 情報簡報;任務指令presidential (NAmE) 總統指示VERB + BRIEFprepare, produce, write寫工作簡報give傳達簡短命令We were given daily briefs by the commander. (NAmE) 指揮官向我們下達了日常工作指令。I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. (BrE) 我接到指令改組該部門。stick to (BrE) 僅做分內的事He told me to stick to my brief (= do only what I was asked).他告訴我做好自己分內的事情。PREPOSITIONin a/the brief在工作簡報中She makes all these points in her brief.她在工作簡報中列出了所有這些要點。outside sb's brief (BrE) 不屬於某人的任務How the new policy is to be implemented is outside his brief.如何推行這項新政不屬於他的工作。brief on有關⋯的指令a technical brief on food hygiene有關食品衞生的技術指示PHRASESbe part of sb's brief (BrE) 是某人分內的事It's not part of my brief to advise on financial matters.對財務問題提出建議不是我工作範圍內的事。hold no brief for sb/sth (BrE) 不贊同⋯I hold no brief for either side in this conflict.在這場衝突中,我哪一方都不支持。
brief

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBfully, properly, well詳盡地指示;準確地介紹PREPOSITIONabout作關於⋯的指示The men have been fully briefed about the intended mission.有關要執行的任務,士兵們已經得到很詳盡的指示。on作關於⋯的介紹Each member of my crew took turns to brief me on his particular duties.我機組中的所有組員輪流向我介紹了他們各自的職責。
brief

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe簡明扼要I promised to be brief.我保證會長話短說。keep sth, make sth使⋯簡明扼要Could you make it brief? I have a meeting in ten minutes.你能簡短點兒嗎?我 10 分鐘後有個會。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常簡短comparatively, relatively相對簡短necessarily必須要簡短This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas.這個不得不簡短的報道集中描述了兩個主要領域。mercifully幸而短暫The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.幸好等待的時間很短,不過一個小時多一點兒。tantalizingly簡短得令人着迷The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.條條日記都很簡短,激起了人們的好奇。
TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
brief adj.
short1 (a brief visit) short3 (Please be brief.)
brief verb
tell1
TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146

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