briefer

	a brief visit/meeting/conversation 短時間的訪問╱會議╱交談
	a brief pause/silence 暫時停頓╱沉默
	Mozart's life was brief. 莫扎特的一生很短暫。

2.	簡潔的；簡單的using few words

	a brief description/summary/account 簡明扼要的描述╱總結(jié)╱敘述
	Please be brief(= say what you want to say quickly) . 請簡明扼要。

3.	過短的；暴露身體的short and not covering much of the body

a brief skirt

超短裙

— see also

briefs

1.	任務(wù)簡介；指示the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are

	It wasn't part of his brief to speak to the press. 交付他的任務(wù)不包括向新聞界發(fā)言。
	I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. 我被分派去改組這個部門。
	to stick to your brief(= to only do what you are asked to do) 僅做分內(nèi)的事
	to prepare/produce a brief for sb 給某人準備╱制訂指示

2.	（向出庭律師提供的）訴訟摘要；委托辯護a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a barrister

3.	辯護狀a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court

4.	事務(wù)律師；辯護律師a solicitor or a defence lawyer

I want to see my brief.

我想見我的律師。

1.	給（某人）指示；向（某人）介紹情況to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it

	I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. 我希望隨時向我報告所有情況。
	The officer briefed her on what to expect. 軍官簡要向她說了一下可能遇到的情況。

2.	~ sb (to do sth) 向（出庭律師）提供訴訟摘要to give a lawyer, especially a barrister , the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court

習(xí)慣用語

in brief

簡言之；一言以蔽之in a few words, without details

	In brief, the meeting was a disaster. 總之，那會議糟透了。
	Now the rest of the news in brief. 現(xiàn)在簡要報道其他新聞。

hold no brief for sb/sth

不支持，不贊成（某人或某事）；不為…辯護to not support or be in favour of sb/sth

I hold no brief for either side in this war.

這次戰(zhàn)爭的雙方我都不支持。

英漢解釋

adj.	1. (時間)短暫的 2. (文體的)簡潔的 3. (答復(fù)等)簡短的
n.	1. 概要,摘要;短文 2. 【法】訴訟事實摘要,訴訟事件;(律師的)辯護狀 3. (攻擊開始前給飛行員等的)指令,簡短命令 4. 緊身褲,三角褲 5. 〈廢〉信件 6. (羅馬教皇的)敕書 7. 【戲】〈英〉免費入場券
v.	1. 節(jié)略,作...的摘要[提要] 2. 〈英〉向(律師)陳述訴訟事實摘要;委托...作辯護律師 3. 向...下達簡令;對(飛行員等)作最后指示;對...事先作簡要指點

英英解釋

adj.	1. lasting only for a short time 2. using only a few words; not saying much, and so seeming to be rude 3. not covering much of your body
n.	1. a short written account of something 2. a document giving the facts of a legal case 3. official instructions to do a job, saying how it should be done
v.	1. to give someone information about a situation, especially officially

例句

These associations are far ~~briefer~~ than even the brief life of individual species, which typically flame-out after a million years or two.

這些聯(lián)合體要比簡短的個體物種生命還要簡短，它們會在一兩百萬年后會綻放光彩。

The next step will be to develop a ~~briefer~~ dementia risk checklist, Barnes told Psychiatric News.

下一步將會是發(fā)展更簡明的癡呆風險檢查表，Bames告訴《精神病學(xué)新聞》。

Those standing behind her on line demanded that she make her complaints ~~briefer~~.

那些排著隊站在她后面的人要求她把訴苦話說得簡短些。

Findings supported the reliability and readability of the instruments and the feasibility of ~~briefer~~ class sessions.

研究結(jié)果支持了可靠性和可讀性的文書和簡短的可行性級會議。

Men own basketball teams. Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and ~~briefer~~, and players' shorts get looser, baggier and longer.

籃球隊都歸男人掌控，這就是為什么每年啦啦隊制服都越來越短和緊，球員隊服都越來越長和松。

You can see from the first template how the ~~briefer~~ XPath function syntax simplifies the code requesting the lookup.

可以從第一個模板中看到更簡潔XPath語法是如何簡化查找代碼。

The appearance of the motion n ~~briefer~~ concussion.

情緒則是比較短暫的激動的狀態(tài)。

Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and ~~briefer~~, and players' shorts get baggier and longer.

每年，拉拉隊的衣服越來越短，而運動員的衣服卻越來越寬松，越來越長。

In Shenzhen plans are afoot to create a new exchange for smaller companies with ~~briefer~~ operating histories.

深圳計劃著為經(jīng)營時間較短的小型企業(yè)創(chuàng)造一個新市場。

There is a way of making this automatic sign-off better and ~~briefer~~ still: do without it altogether.

有個辦法讓這種自動附加在郵件末尾的語句更好也更簡潔，那就是干脆棄之不用。

"The sense that we have here is that videos have become ~~briefer~~, " said John Lynch, director of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive.

“我們的感覺是，視頻已經(jīng)成了要點摘錄。”《范德比爾特電視新聞檔案》的導(dǎo)演約翰·林奇說。

Brief were my days among you, and ~~briefer~~ still the words I have spoken.

我在你們中間度過的日子十分短暫，我向你們傾吐的話語則更短。

His ~~briefer~~ record as prime minister since June 2007 will come under scrutiny too.

自從2007年成為首相后的簡短履歷也會受到審查。

Cheap product uses copper more the weather strip such as qualitative, balata , service life is ~~briefer~~, but the price is low.

低檔產(chǎn)品多采用銅質(zhì)、橡膠等密封件，使用壽命較短，但價格低廉。

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