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brief

高中CET4CET6

英[briːf]
美[briːf]

基本释义

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

词性变化

实用例句

I want to see my brief.

我想见我的律师。

牛津词典

I hold no brief for either side in this war.

这次战争的双方我都不支持。

牛津词典

The officer briefed her on what to expect.

长官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。

牛津词典

I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times.

我希望随时向我报告全面情况。

牛津词典

to prepare/produce a brief for sb

给某人准备 / 制订指示

牛津词典

to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do)

仅做分内的事

牛津词典

I was given the brief of reorganizing the department.

我被分派去改组这个部门。

牛津词典

It wasn't part of his brief to speak to the press.

交付他的任务不包括向新闻界发言。

牛津词典

In brief, the meeting was a disaster.

总之,那会议糟透了。

牛津词典

Now the rest of the news in brief.

现在简要报道其他新闻。

牛津词典

a brief skirt

超短裙

牛津词典

Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly) .

请简明扼要。

牛津词典

a brief description/summary/account

简明扼要的描述 / 总结 / 叙述

牛津词典

Mozart's life was brief.

莫扎特的一生很短暂。

牛津词典

a brief pause/silence

暂时停顿 / 沉默

牛津词典

a brief visit/meeting/conversation

短时间的访问 / 会议 / 交谈

牛津词典

...and now sport in brief.

现在播报体育简讯

In brief, take no risks.

总之,不能冒险。

...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

The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.

首相已听取了她议会助手的简要汇报。

A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters...

一位国防部发言人向记者们简要介绍了情况。

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。

Write a very brief description of a typical problem.

就一个典型问题作简要的描述。

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。

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。

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。

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。

真题例句

She'd wake up early, turn on her laptop and chat on Internet dating sites and instant-messaging programs – leaving her bed for only brief intervals.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

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

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

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

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Fortunately, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to leave and later the family met up for dinner.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

The professor doesn't remember the comments he or she wrote on your individual piece of work, though he or she will be able to recall them after just a brief glance at your work.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

This brief visit with mother nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor's bill for my son's food poisoning.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

We shared the brief that if you're fortunate enough to have success, you should put something back - he with his newman's own food and his hole in the wall camps for kids who are seriously ill, and me with sundance and the institute and the festival.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

It could be that we are evolving two communities of social scientists: one that is discipline-oriented and publishing in highly specialized journals, and one that is problem-oriented and publishing elsewhere, such as policy briefs.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

The development of the Elizabethan drama for the next twenty-five years is of exceptional interest to students of literary history, for in this brief period we may trace the beginning, growth, blossoming, and decay of many kinds of plays, and of many great careers.

出自-2018年考研翻译原文

In October the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule "is no less a product of nature... than are cotton fibres that have been separated from cotton seeds."

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Neuroscientist Bonnie Augeung found that the hormone oxytocin increased the amount of eye contact from men toward the interviewer during a brief interview when the direction of their gaze was recorded.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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;

    "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

Adjective
  • 1. of short duration or distance;

    "a brief stay in the country"

    "in a little while"

    "it's a little way away"

  • 2. concise and succinct;

    "covered the matter in a brief statement"

  • 3. (of clothing) very short;

    "an abbreviated swimsuit"

    "a brief bikini"

同义词辨析

brief, concise, compact

这些形容词均有"简短的,简洁的"之意。

  • 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。
  • concise: 书面用词,可与brief换用,指语言文学言简意赅,无多余的话。
  • 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。

同义词

adj.简短的;简洁的

conciseterseshortcurt

反义词

adj.短暂的;简洁的

longverboseprolonged

其他释义

prolongedlong

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