brief

	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。

2.	简洁的；简单的using few words

	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。

3.	过短的；暴露身体的short and not covering much of the body

a brief skirt

超短裙

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	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

简言之；一言以蔽之in a few words, without details

	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。

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briefs

1.	任务简介；指示the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are

	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

2.	（向出庭律师提供的）诉讼摘要；委托辩护a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a barrister

3.	辩护状a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court

4.	(informal) 事务律师；辩护律师a solicitor or a defence lawyer

I want to see my brief.

我想见我的律师。

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I hold no brief for either side in this war.

这次战争的双方我都不支持。

hold no brief for sb/sth

不支持，不赞成（某人或某事）；不为…辩护to not support or be in favour of sb/sth

I hold no brief for either side in this war.

这次战争的双方我都不支持。

1.	给（某人）指示；向（某人）介绍情况to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it

	I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. 我希望随时向我报告所有情况。
	The officer briefed her on what to expect. 军官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。

2.	~ sb (to do sth) 向（出庭律师）提供诉讼摘要to give a lawyer, especially a barrister , the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court

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释义:

任务简介,指示,诉讼摘要,委托辩护,概要,短文,诉讼事实摘要,辩护状,短时间的,短暂的,简洁的,简单的,简短的,给指示,向介绍情况,向提供诉讼摘要,作…的摘要[提要],〈英〉向陈述诉讼事实摘要,更简短的,全帮胸衣

These associations are far briefer than even the brief life of individual species, which typically flame-out after a million years or two.

这些联合体要比简短的个体物种生命还要简短，它们会在一两百万年后会绽放光彩。

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The next step will be to develop a briefer dementia risk checklist, Barnes told Psychiatric News.

下一步将会是发展更简明的痴呆风险检查表，Bames告诉《精神病学新闻》。

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Those standing behind her on line demanded that she make her complaints briefer.

那些排着队站在她后面的人要求她把诉苦话说得简短些。

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Findings supported the reliability and readability of the instruments and the feasibility of briefer class sessions.

研究结果支持了可靠性和可读性的文书和简短的可行性级会议。

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Men own basketball teams. Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and briefer, and players' shorts get looser, baggier and longer.

篮球队都归男人掌控，这就是为什么每年啦啦队制服都越来越短和紧，球员队服都越来越长和松。

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You can see from the first template how the briefer XPath function syntax simplifies the code requesting the lookup.

可以从第一个模板中看到更简洁XPath语法是如何简化查找代码。

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The appearance of the motion n briefer concussion.

情绪则是比较短暂的激动的状态。

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Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and briefer, and players' shorts get baggier and longer.

每年，拉拉队的衣服越来越短，而运动员的衣服却越来越宽松，越来越长。

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In Shenzhen plans are afoot to create a new exchange for smaller companies with briefer operating histories.

深圳计划着为经营时间较短的小型企业创造一个新市场。

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There is a way of making this automatic sign-off better and briefer still: do without it altogether.

有个办法让这种自动附加在邮件末尾的语句更好也更简洁，那就是干脆弃之不用。

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"The sense that we have here is that videos have become briefer, " said John Lynch, director of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive.

“我们的感觉是，视频已经成了要点摘录。”《范德比尔特电视新闻档案》的导演约翰·林奇说。

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Brief were my days among you, and briefer still the words I have spoken.

我在你们中间度过的日子十分短暂，我向你们倾吐的话语则更短。

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His briefer record as prime minister since June 2007 will come under scrutiny too.

自从2007年成为首相后的简短履历也会受到审查。

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Cheap product uses copper more the weather strip such as qualitative, balata , service life is briefer, but the price is low.

低档产品多采用铜质、橡胶等密封件，使用寿命较短，但价格低廉。

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