brief
短暂的;(衣着)短的;简洁的;简明的
向…介绍基本情况;(尤指事前)向…介绍基本情况;向…下达简令;在…事先向…做简要指点
概要;短文;简短声明;(争议一方的情况或论点)要点摘录
变形
复数:briefs过去式:briefed过去分词:briefed现在分词:briefing第三人称单数:briefs
双语释义
- 短暂的,短时间的 short in time
- 简洁的,简短的 in as few words as possible
- [C]概要,摘要 a short spoken or written statement
- vt. 向…介绍基本情况,作…的摘要 give a lawyer some work to do for oneself by giving him the information which he may need
英英释义
brief[ bri:f ]
- n.
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
同义词:legal brief
- a condensed written summary or abstract
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- v.give essential information to someone
"The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
- adj.
- of short duration or distance
"a brief stay in the country"
同义词:little
- concise and succinct
"covered the matter in a brief statement"
- (of clothing) very short
"a brief bikini"
同义词:abbreviated
- of short duration or distance
词汇搭配
- brief hope暂时的希望
- brief letter of thanks简短的感谢信
- brief note便条
- brief resume简历
- draw up a brief草拟诉讼要点
- file a brief提出诉讼要点,提出辩护
- hold no brief for不为…辩护,不主张
- in brief简言之,以简单扼要的形式
- brief sb about向某人介绍,向某人作简报
- brief sb on向某人介绍,向某人作简报
词组短语
in brief简言之
brief introduction简介;简短介绍
brief description简要说明;简介
to be brief简言之
take a brief(指律师)接手案件
brief survey简短的调查;简单的调查
hold no brief for不为…辩护;不支持,不赞同
news in brief简讯;简明新闻
design brief设计纲要
brief meeting碰头会
brief case公文包
brief exposure手控时间快门
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“简短的”的意思,其区别是:
concise a. (文字等的)简要、精练,常含有保留主要部分的意思。
His letter was concise, omitting everything not pertinent to the job.他的信写得简明扼要,省略掉了所有与该项工作无关的部分。
succincta.简明的,简洁的,简练的,尤指用词简练,除含有concise的意思外,还有经过压缩的或简化的意思。
succinct summary of the argument论点的概要
curta.三言两语的,简短的,常含有"草率"的意思。
He asked his boss a question, but got a curt reply , "I have no time for you now!"他问老板一个问题,但是老板草率的说:"我没时间搭理你。"
briefa.简明扼要的,简短的,指时间短暂,办事利索,态度明了等;有时含有"虽短但却不失全面"的意味。
The manager made a brief statement to open the meeting.经理致了简短的开幕词。
这组词都有“简短的、简洁的”的意思,其区别是:
compact指为了方便把某物压缩到最小程度,也指紧凑、简洁的文体。
concise书面用词,可与brief换用,指语言文学言简意赅,无多余的话。
brief指语言文学简明扼要,短小精悍,也用于指时间意义很强的短暂的过程。
双语例句
- There was a brief pause in the conversation.
对话中有短暂的停顿。 - We have a tight schedule for your brief visit. I hope you don't mind.
对您短暂的访问,我们为您安排的日程很紧,希望您不介意。 - In the beginning, the teacher gave us a brief introduction about the subject.
开始时,老师给我们做了关于这门课程的简短介绍。 - I don't want to keep you long, so let me be brief.
我不想浪费大家的时间,就简明扼要地讲几句吧。
- He drew up a brief for his speech.
他起草了一份讲话的摘要。 - The lawyers declared on a court brief that they will argue Mr. Brown's innocence by reason of insanity.
律师们在呈交法庭的辩护状上声明,他们将以神经错乱为由为布朗先生作无罪辩护。
- The chairman will brief the Board on the most recent developments.
主席将向董事会概述最近的发展。 - I'd like to ask Mr. Dean to brief us on the situation.
现在由院长先生来简单介绍一下形势。