3ADJ-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。
4ADJ-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。
5N-PLURAL [oft a pair ofNOUN]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。
6VERB (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. [beVERB-ed + by]
7N-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.
9PHRASE [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
10PHRASE 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