| 单词 | briefing |
| 释义 | briefing (once / 2043 pages) n If you plan on going to the briefing at the White House, you'd better bring your audio recorder. These informational sessions can get very detailed, and you'll need to review the audio record. When a lawyer appears before a court, they bring with them a "brief," a detailed explanation of their case that's anything but brief. This brief is a sort of briefing for the judge on the details of the case. Whenever you give someone a detailed explanation or set of instructions about something, it's a briefing. Briefing is the noun form of the word brief. The White House press corps meets in the "briefing room" to get briefed on the news of the president's day. WORD FAMILYbriefing: briefings+/brief: briefed, briefer, briefest, briefing, briefless, briefly, briefness, briefs 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) 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) “Some of them will be on camera, some of them will be off. But absolutely, we understand the importance” of press briefings, he said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n detailed instructions, as for a military operation Hyper informing, making known a speech act that conveys information |
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