单词 | briefing |
释义 | briefingn. 1. The action of writing briefs. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs > action of writing briefs briefing1865 1865 [see briefing-post n. at Compounds]. 1869 Daily News 14 Aug. [Medical men] who..certify excellent briefing injuries for the use of the plaintiff's advocate. 2. The action of giving information or instructions relating to a particular situation; information of this kind. Also attributive.Applied esp., in the war of 1939–45 and since, to pre-flight conferences. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] informinga1382 traditionc1384 informationa1393 kithinga1400 instruction?a1439 impartment1604 informance1604 re-representation1679 didactic1754 briefing1910 imparting1952 trickle-down1962 society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > a briefing brief1856 briefing1940 fill-in1946 dog-and-pony show1966 dog-and-pony1989 1910 H. Belloc Pongo & Bull ix. 133 The House'll be full... You don't want Eddie to give you any briefing, do you? 1940 Times 22 Aug. 5/6 Everything is ready for the ‘briefing’ which forms an indispensable part of every bombing raid. 1942 Penguin New Writing 13 27 His name, and the names of his crew, were quietly erased from the blackboard in the briefing-room. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 113 Take-off 22.00. Briefing 19.45. 1942 R. Storrs in E. Kennington Drawing the R.A.F. 31 The precise but detached tones of the Briefing Officer. 1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar vi. 47 It had been a wonderful briefing. For a whole fortnight..they had..rehearsed..the lie of a land he had never seen. Compounds briefing-post n. a sort of paper used for briefs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper for legal use brief-paper1796 legal cap1844 briefing-post1865 bond papera1877 legal pad1882 brief1923 1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. xx. 211 The paper, with its bluish briefing-post pages, and broad margin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1865 |
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