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🔑 brief AW BrE /briːf/NAmE /briːf/ adjective (brief·er, brief·est) 🔑 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◆a brief pause/silence 暂时停顿/沉默◆Mozart's life was brief. 莫扎特的一生很短暂。🔑 using few words 简洁的；简单的◆a brief description/summary/account 简明扼要的描述/总结/叙述◆Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly). 请简明扼要。(of clothes 衣服) short and not covering much of the body 过短的；暴露身体的◆a brief skirt 超短裙 ➡ see also brevity, briefly  ●in briefin 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。 🔑 brief AW BrE /briːf/NAmE /briːf/ noun ➡ see also briefs (BrE) the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are 任务简介；指示◆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。◆I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. 我被分派去改组这个部门。◆to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do) 仅做分内的事◆to prepare/produce a brief for sb 给某人准备/制订指示(BrE, law 法律) a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a barrister （向出庭律师提供的）诉讼摘要；委托辩护(NAmE, law 法律) a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court 辩护状(BrE, informal) a solicitor or a defence lawyer 事务律师；辩护律师◆I want to see my brief. 我想见我的律师。(especially NAmE) = briefing (2) ◆Officials are pushing for this target to be included in the next presidential brief. 官员正敦促在下一次总统的简报中一定要包括这个目标。●hold no brief for sb/sth(formal) to not support or be in favour of sb/sth 不支持，不赞成（某人或某事）；不为…辩护◆I hold no brief for either side in this war. 这次战争的双方我都不支持。 🔑 brief AW BrE /briːf/NAmE /briːf/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they brief BrE /briːf/ NAmE /briːf/present simple - he / she / it briefs BrE /briːfs/ NAmE /briːfs/past simple briefed BrE /briːft/ NAmE /briːft/past participle briefed BrE /briːft/ NAmE /briːft/ -ing form briefing BrE /ˈbriːfɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈbriːfɪŋ/to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it 给（某人）指示；向（某人）介绍情况◆~ sbI expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. 我希望随时向我报告所有情况。◆~ sb on/about sthThe officer briefed her on what to expect. 军官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。 ➡ compare debrief ~ sb (to do sth)(BrE, law 法律) to give a lawyer, especially a barrister, the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court 向（出庭律师）提供诉讼摘要 |