英语词汇“be brief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. to be brief: to be expeditious or hasty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > act expeditiously

to make (it) short1490

dispatch1581

to be brief1609

to claw it off1615

to dance Barnaby1664

1609 Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 121 Achil. Behold thy fill. Hect. Nay I haue done already. Achil. Thou art too briefe.

b. to be brief: to speak concisely.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)]

to be at a (also one) wordOE

to make short1556

to be brief1588

abbreviate1596

to cut short1691

to cut (also make) a long story short1732

to make short of long1883

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iv. f. 27 As if a man, meaning to be brief, should promise that he would gallop over al the rest of his text.

1644 Milton Of Educ. 1 Briefe I shall endeavour to be.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 79 I shall be but brief on the circumstances of his life.

单词	be brief
释义	> as lemmas to be brief †b. to be brief: to be expeditious or hasty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > act expeditiously to make (it) short1490 dispatch1581 to be brief1609 to claw it off1615 to dance Barnaby1664 1609 Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 121 Achil. Behold thy fill. Hect. Nay I haue done already. Achil. Thou art too briefe. View more context for this quotation extracted from briefadj.n.²adv. to be brief b. to be brief: to speak concisely. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iv. f. 27 As if a man, meaning to be brief, should promise that he would gallop over al the rest of his text. 1644 Milton Of Educ. 1 Briefe I shall endeavour to be. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 79 I shall be but brief on the circumstances of his life. extracted from briefadj.n.²adv. < as lemmas
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