brief
adjective /briːf/
/briːf/
(comparative briefer, superlative briefest)
Idioms - lasting only a short time; short
短时间的；短暂的 - a brief visit/meeting/conversation
短时间的访问／会议／交谈 - Mozart's life was brief.
莫扎特的一生很短暂。 - He said nothing during the brief court appearance.
在短暂的出庭期间，他什么也没说。 - a brief pause/silence
暂时停顿／沉默 - Susan and Mary were enjoying a brief moment of solitude.
苏珊和玛丽正在享受短暂的独处时光。 - He died after a relatively brief period of suffering.
他在相对短暂的痛苦之后死去。
- Could you make it brief? I've got a meeting in ten minutes.
你能简短点吗？十分钟后我有个会。 - The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.
幸好等待的时间很短，不过一个小时多一点儿。 - Sean gave a brief glance at the screen.
肖恩朝屏幕瞥了一眼。 - The prime minister is due to make a brief visit to South Korea.
总理预定去韩国作短期访问。 - There was a brief silence after I made my announcement.
我发布完公告之后，出现了短暂的沉默。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- keep something
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a brief visit/meeting/conversation
- using few words
简洁的；简单的 - a brief description/summary/overview
简要描述/总结/概述 - Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly).
请简明扼要。 - I will keep my comments brief.
我的评论会很简短。 - Section 1 of the book gives a brief history of Mexico.
这本书的第一部分简要介绍了墨西哥的历史。 - I made a brief introductory statement and our meeting began.
我做了简短的介绍性发言，我们的会议开始了。
- I promised to be brief.
我保证会长话短说。 - The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.
条条日记都很简短，激起了人们的好奇。 - This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas.
这个不得不简短的报道集中描述了两个主要领域。 - David gave me a brief summary of what was said at the meeting.
大卫给了我一份会上发言的简要总结。 - He began with a brief introduction.
他以简短的开场白开始。 - Saunders's lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court.
桑德斯的律师在法庭外向新闻界发表了简短声明。 - The author makes only a brief mention of the role of Japan in this period.
作者提到日本在这一时期的角色时只是简略带过。 - The leaflet provides a brief description of the changes to the benefits system.
传单简要介绍了福利制度的变化。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- keep something
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a brief description/summary/overview
- (of clothes
衣服 过短的；暴露身体的 - a brief skirt
超短裙
see also brevity, briefly - a brief skirt
词源Middle English: from Old French brief, from Latin brevis ‘short’. The noun is via late Latin breve ‘note, dispatch’, hence ‘an official letter’.
Idioms
in brief
- in a few words, without details
简言之；一言以蔽之 - In brief, the meeting was a disaster.
总之，那会议糟透了。 - Now the rest of the news in brief.
现在简要报道其他新闻。
- In brief, the meeting was a disaster.