| 单词 | brief |
| 释义 | brief (once / 79 pages) adjvn Something brief is short and to the point. If you make a brief visit, you don't stay long. If you make a brief statement, you use few words. If you wear brief shorts, you are showing a little too much leg. As a noun, a brief is a condensed summary or abstract, especially a legal summary of a case. Lawyers submit pretrial briefs to the court outlining the witnesses for the prosecution or defense. As a verb, brief means to give essential information to someone — like the President gets briefed on important matters. WORD FAMILYbrief: briefed, briefer, briefest, briefing, briefless, briefly, briefness, briefs+/briefing: briefings USAGE EXAMPLESCorrection: An early version of Friday’s briefing misstated what the runner John Gilmour wore during a race. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) She was a major scholar of Thomas Jefferson and wrote a brief biography of him, published in 2003. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The problem is that Mr. Trump apparently does not sit still for the intelligence briefings that try to describe the world as it is. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj of short duration or distance a brief stay in the country Syn short primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration 2adj concise and succinct covered the matter in a brief statement Syn concise expressing much in few words 3adj (of clothing) very short a brief bikini Syn abbreviated short (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length 4v give essential information to someone The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade Hyper apprise, apprize, instruct make aware of 5n a condensed written summary or abstract Hyper abstract, outline, precis, synopsis a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory 6n a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case Syn|Hypo|Hyper legal brief amicus curiae brief a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
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