| 释义 |
briefless, a.|ˈbriːflɪs|
[f. brief n., sense 7 + -less.]
Without a brief; (a barrister) holding no briefs, unemployed.
1824Scott St. Ronan's, The broad shoulders of a briefless barrister. 1840Marryat Olla Podr. (1866) 267 Arthur Ansard at a briefless table. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xiv, A few briefless bipeds..called to the Bar by voices of deceiving spirits.
Hence ˈbrieflessly adv., ˈbrieflessness.
1842Punch III. 106 The dreary ghost of brieflessness Stalk'd up and down the room. 1864Cornh. Mag. Dec. 682 He often has to pass long years of brieflessness. |