英汉词典

brief 基本解释

• adj. 简短的，简洁的；短暂的，草率的
• n. 摘要，简报；概要，诉书
• vt. 简报，摘要；作…的提要
• n. (Brief)人名；(英)布里夫

brief 词态变化

brief 中文词源

来自词根brev, 短。引申义汇报，介绍情况。

brief 英文词源

brief

brief: [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy-, as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’, later ‘summary’, which came into English in the 14th century in the sense ‘letter of authority’ (German has brief simply meaning ‘letter’).

The notion of an ‘abbreviation’ or ‘summary’ followed in the next century, and the modern legal sense ‘summary of the facts of a case’ developed in the 17th century. This formed the basis of the verbal sense ‘inform and instruct’, which is 19th-century. Briefs ‘underpants’ are 20th-century. The musical use of the noun breve began in the 15th century when, logically enough, it meant ‘short note’.

Modern usage, in which it denotes the longest note, comes from Italian breve. Other derivatives of brief include brevity [16], introduced into English via Anglo-Norman brevete; abbreviate [15], from late Latin abbreviāre (which is also the source, via Old French abregier, of abridge [14]); and breviary ‘book of church services’ [16], from Latin breviārium.
=> abbreviate, abridge, brevity

brief (adj.)

late 13c., from Latin brevis (adj.) "short, low, little, shallow," from PIE *mregh-wi-, from root *mregh-u- "short" (cognates: Greek brakhys "short," Old Church Slavonic bruzeja "shallow places, shoals," Gothic gamaurgjan "to shorten").

brief (n.)

from Latin breve (genitive brevis), noun derivative of adjective brevis (see brief (adj.)) which came to mean "letter, summary," specifically a letter of the pope (less ample and solemn than a bull), and thus came to mean "letter of authority," which yielded the modern, legal sense of "summary of the facts of a case" (1630s).

brief (v.)

"to give instructions or information to," 1866; originally "to instruct by a brief" (1862), from brief (n.). Related: Briefed; briefing.

brief 词组搭配

brief 英文释义

1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

2. a condensed written summary or abstract

brief 同义词解析

brief, concise, compact

这些形容词均有"简短的，简洁的"之意。

brief： 指语言文学简明扼要，短小精悍，也用于指时间意义很强的短暂的过程。

concise： 书面用词，可与brief换用，指语言文学言简意赅，无多余的话。

compact： 指为了方便把某物压缩到最小程度，也指紧凑、简洁的文体。

brief 双语例句

1. A guide gives a brief talk on the history of the site.

导游简要地介绍了那个遗址的历史。

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2. Now please be brief — my time is valuable.

请长话短说——我的时间宝贵。

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3. This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water.

这是一次短暂停靠，上上客，加加水。

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4. For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.

短短几分钟我们就忘记了焦虑与苦恼。

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5. She claims she had a brief fling with him 30 years ago.

她声称在30年前曾和他有过一段短暂的风流韵事。

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brief 实用场景例句

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。

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The officer briefed her on what to expect.

长官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。

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I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times.

我希望随时向我报告全面情况。

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to prepare/produce a brief for sb

给某人准备 / 制订指示

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to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do)

仅做分内的事

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I was given the brief of reorganizing the department.

我被分派去改组这个部门。

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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。

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In brief, the meeting was a disaster.

总之，那会议糟透了。

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Now the rest of the news in brief.

现在简要报道其他新闻。

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a brief skirt

超短裙

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Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly) .

请简明扼要。

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a brief description/summary/account

简明扼要的描述 / 总结 / 叙述

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Mozart's life was brief.

莫扎特的一生很短暂。

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a brief pause/silence

暂时停顿 / 沉默

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a brief visit/meeting/conversation

短时间的访问 / 会议 / 交谈

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...and now sport in brief.

现在播报体育简讯

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In brief, take no risks.

总之，不能冒险。

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...customs officials with a brief to stop foreign porn coming into Britain.

受命阻止国外淫秽出版物流入英国的海关官员

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The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.

首相已听取了她议会助手的简要汇报。

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A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters...

一位国防部发言人向记者们简要介绍了情况。

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A bra and a pair of briefs lay on the floor.

地板上有一个胸罩和一条短内裤。

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Write a very brief description of a typical problem.

就一个典型问题作简要的描述。

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Now please be brief — my time is valuable...

请长话短说——我的时间宝贵。

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I hope to be brief and to the point.

我希望简明扼要，抓住重点。

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For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.

短短几分钟我们就忘记了焦虑与苦恼。

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She once made a brief appearance on television...

她曾经在电视上短暂露面。

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This time their visit is brief.

他们这次的访问时间很短。

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In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs...

他作了一个简短的声明，集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。

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