brief是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 lasting only a short time or containing few words -- 短暂的；简短的

  • His acceptance speech was mercifully brief. 幸而他的获奖感言很简短。

  • I had a brief look at her report before the meeting. 会前我浏览了一下她的报告。

  • It'll only be a brief visit because we really don't have much time. 我们的时间真的不多，所以只能作短暂的参观游览。

  • After a brief spell/stint in the army, he started working as a teacher. 在部队呆了短暂的一段时间以后，他当起了教师。

  • The company issued a brief statement about yesterday's accident. 那家公司就昨天的事故发表了简短的声明。

  • For a few brief weeks we were very happy. 在短短的几周里，我们过得十分愉快。

• 1 (of clothes) very short -- （衣服）很短的

  • She was wearing a fairly brief skirt, as I recall. 我记得她当时穿了件非常短的裙子。

• 2 to give someone detailed instructions or information -- 向…介绍情况；给…指示

  • We had already been briefed about/on what the job would entail. 已经有人向我们介绍了工作内容。

  • On several occasions government officials briefed against their own ministers. 有好几次官员们通过非正式背景说明活动否定自己政府内的部长们。

• 3 If something is said in brief, it is said in a very short form, with very few details. -- 简言之，一言以蔽之

  • "So you didn't enjoy the party much." "In brief, no." “那么，你不喜欢这个聚会喽?”“简单说吧，不喜欢。”

• 4 a piece of underwear worn by men or women, covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs -- 内裤

  • cotton briefs 棉质内裤

• 5 a set of instructions or information -- 指示；（任务）简介

  • [ + to infinitive ] It was my brief to make sure that the facts were set down accurately. 我的要求是确保准确记录所有事实。

• 6 a lawyer who will speak for someone in a court of law -- （出庭）律师

  • My brief advised me to plead guilty. 我的律师建议我认罪。