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TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
briefadjectiveuk/briːf/ us/briːf/

brief adjective SHORT IN TIME

B1 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。

used to express how quickly time goes past（时间）短暂的，飞快的

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

More examples

His illness was mercifully brief.

When you've got a minute, I'd like a brief word with you.

The meeting was brief and businesslike.

She called me this morning at the office and we had a brief chat.

She sketched out the plan in a few brief sentences.

brief adjective SHORT IN LENGTH

(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。
briefverbuk/briːf/ us/briːf/

[ T ] 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。
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debrief
brief against/in favour of sb/sth

[ I ] UK to make information about someone or something public, with the intention of criticizing/praising him, her, or it通过非正式背景说明活动来否定/支持（人或事件），吹风否定/支持（人或事件）

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。
briefnounuk/briːf/ us/briːf/

brief noun SHORT FORM

in brief

B2 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。”

brief noun UNDERWEAR

briefs [ plural ]

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

brief noun INSTRUCTIONS

[ C ] UK 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。

[ C ] specialized law a document or set of documents containing the details about a court case诉讼要点；案情摘要

brief noun LAWYER

UK informal 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。
TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
brief

noun

report; instructions報告；指令ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRIEF | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤clear, detailed, thorough (NAmE) 清晰的簡短命令；詳細的指示；全面的簡報➤daily (NAmE) 日常簡報➤news (NAmE) 簡要新聞▸➤court, legal, planning (BrE) 法庭辯護狀；案情摘要；規劃綱要➤intelligence, mission (NAmE) 情報簡報；任務指令➤presidential (NAmE) 總統指示VERB + BRIEF➤prepare, produce, write寫工作簡報➤give傳達簡短命令◇We were given daily briefs by the commander. (NAmE) 指揮官向我們下達了日常工作指令。◇I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. (BrE) 我接到指令改組該部門。➤stick to (BrE) 僅做分內的事◇He told me to stick to my brief (= do only what I was asked).他告訴我做好自己分內的事情。PREPOSITION➤in a/the brief在工作簡報中◇She makes all these points in her brief.她在工作簡報中列出了所有這些要點。➤outside sb's brief (BrE) 不屬於某人的任務◇How the new policy is to be implemented is outside his brief.如何推行這項新政不屬於他的工作。➤brief on有關⋯的指令◇a technical brief on food hygiene有關食品衞生的技術指示PHRASES➤be part of sb's brief (BrE) 是某人分內的事◇It's not part of my brief to advise on financial matters.對財務問題提出建議不是我工作範圍內的事。➤hold no brief for sb/sth (BrE) 不贊同⋯◇I hold no brief for either side in this conflict.在這場衝突中，我哪一方都不支持。
brief

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤fully, properly, well詳盡地指示；準確地介紹PREPOSITION➤about作關於⋯的指示◇The men have been fully briefed about the intended mission.有關要執行的任務，士兵們已經得到很詳盡的指示。➤on作關於⋯的介紹◇Each member of my crew took turns to brief me on his particular duties.我機組中的所有組員輪流向我介紹了他們各自的職責。
brief

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be簡明扼要◇I promised to be brief.我保證會長話短說。➤keep sth, make sth使⋯簡明扼要◇Could you make it brief? I have a meeting in ten minutes.你能簡短點兒嗎？我 10 分鐘後有個會。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常簡短▸➤comparatively, relatively相對簡短▸➤necessarily必須要簡短◇This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas.這個不得不簡短的報道集中描述了兩個主要領域。➤mercifully幸而短暫◇The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.幸好等待的時間很短，不過一個小時多一點兒。➤tantalizingly簡短得令人着迷◇The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.條條日記都很簡短，激起了人們的好奇。
TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146
brief adj.
⇨ short 1 (a brief visit) ⇨ short 3 (Please be brief.)brief verb
⇨ tell 1
TOEFL BNC: 1863 COCA: 2146

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