单词 | brief |
释义 | brief¹ 1.(short)+ appearance, stay, visit短时间的;短暂的 She once made a brief appearance on television.她曾经在电视上露过脸。 This time their visit is brief.他们这次拜访只是小坐了片刻。 2.(concise)+ description, note, statement简短的;简洁的;简明的 a brief statement简短的声明 He gave a brief description of the man.他简要地介绍了一下那名男子。 to be brief简单点说;简而言之;长话短说 I hope to be brief and to the point.我希望能做到简明扼要。 3.(scanty)+ dress, nightie, skirt短的;暴露的 a brief bikini暴露的比基尼泳装 4.(brusque)唐突的;无礼的;粗暴的 to be brief with sb唐突无礼地对待某人 The professor was very brief with me this morning.今天早上教授对我很不客气。 brief²1.(instructions)指令;指示 I was given the brief of developing a new system.我奉命开发新系统。 with a brief to do sth受命做某事;肩负做某事的任务 customs officials with a brief to stop porn coming into Britain受命阻止色情作品流入英国的海关关员 2.(for barrister)(律师的)诉讼摘要, 辩论摘要, 案情摘要 3.<英,俚>(lawyer)律师;(尤指)出庭律师 I'm not saying a word until my brief gets here.在我的律师来到这里之前我是一个字都不会说的。 The jury believed his brief and he got off.陪审团采信了他出庭律师的辩护, 他因此逃脱了惩罚。 4.(abstract)摘要;概要 The minister looked again at her brief before rising to answer the question.部长在起身回答问题之前又看了一眼她的摘要。 5.(in debate)(辩论时记录要点的)摘记, 便条 6.(from Pope)(天主教的)教皇通谕, 教廷通牒 idiom brief³ ◆to hold no brief for sth不支持某事;不赞同某事 Don't get me wrong. I hold no brief for protectionism.不要误解我的意思, 我并不赞同贸易保护主义。 ◆in brief (in summary form)简要地;以简明扼要的形式 and now, sport in brief现在播报体育简讯 the news in brief短讯;新闻提要 (in short)简言之;一言以蔽之 In brief, take no risks.总之, 不要冒险。 1.(inform)向…介绍基本情况;为…简明介绍信息 A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters.一位国防部发言人向记者简要通报了情况。 The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.首相已经从她的国会助手那里听取了基本情况。 to brief sb about sthorto brief sb on sth为某人介绍某事的基本情况;向某人简要介绍某事的信息 They had been well briefed about the economic situation.他们对经济形势已经有了基本的了解。 Someone will brief you on the dispute on the way to the airport.去机场的路上会有人为你简要介绍纠纷的情况。 2.(instruct)给…下达指令;向…布置任务 to brief sb to do sth给某人下达做某事的指令;向某人布置做某事的任务 We had been briefed to look out for potential sites.我们奉命寻找备选地段。 They appointed a new business manager and briefed her to work on community projects.他们任命了一位新的业务经理, 并指派她负责社区项目的工作。 3.(give details of case to)+ barrister向…提供诉讼摘要(或辩护摘要、案情摘要) 4.(retain)+ barrister委聘…为辩护律师 5.(summarize)概述;作…的提要 Phrasal Verbbrief against |
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