brief
adj. 简短的，简洁的；短暂的，草率的
n. 摘要，简报；概要，诉书
vt. 简报，摘要；作…的提要
n. (Brief)人名；(英)布里夫
adj.
短暂的；（衣着）短的；简洁的；简明的
vt.
向…介绍基本情况；（尤指事前）向…介绍基本情况；向…下达简令；在…事先向…做简要指点
n.
概要；短文；简短声明；（争议一方的情况或论点）要点摘录
变形
复数：briefs过去式：briefed过去分词：briefed现在分词：briefing第三人称单数：briefs
双语释义
adj.(形容词)短暂的,短时间的 short in time
简洁的,简短的 in as few words as possible
n.(名词)[C]概要,摘要 a short spoken or written statement
v.(动词)vt. 向…介绍基本情况,作…的摘要 give a lawyer some work to do for oneself by giving him the information which he may need
英英释义
brief[ bri:f ]
n.
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
同义词：legal brief
a condensed written summary or abstract
v.give essential information to someone
"The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
adj.
of short duration or distance
"a brief stay in the country"
同义词：little
concise and succinct
"covered the matter in a brief statement"
(of clothing) very short
"a brief bikini"
同义词：abbreviated
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
brief hope暂时的希望
brief letter of thanks简短的感谢信
brief note便条
brief resume简历
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
draw up a brief草拟诉讼要点
file a brief提出诉讼要点,提出辩护
hold no brief for不为…辩护,不主张
介词+～
in brief简言之,以简单扼要的形式
用作动词 (v.)
～+介词
brief sb about向某人介绍,向某人作简报
brief sb on向某人介绍,向某人作简报
词组短语
in brief简言之
brief introduction简介；简短介绍
brief description简要说明；简介
to be brief简言之
take a brief（指律师）接手案件
brief survey简短的调查；简单的调查
hold no brief for不为…辩护；不支持，不赞同
news in brief简讯；简明新闻
design brief设计纲要
brief meeting碰头会
brief case公文包
brief exposure手控时间快门
同近义词辨析
concise, succinct, curt, brief这组词都有“简短的”的意思，其区别是：
concise a. (文字等的)简要、精练，常含有保留主要部分的意思。
His letter was concise, omitting everything not pertinent to the job.他的信写得简明扼要，省略掉了所有与该项工作无关的部分。
succincta.简明的，简洁的，简练的，尤指用词简练，除含有concise的意思外，还有经过压缩的或简化的意思。
succinct summary of the argument论点的概要
curta.三言两语的，简短的，常含有"草率"的意思。
He asked his boss a question, but got a curt reply , "I have no time for you now!"他问老板一个问题，但是老板草率的说："我没时间搭理你。"
briefa.简明扼要的，简短的，指时间短暂，办事利索，态度明了等；有时含有"虽短但却不失全面"的意味。
The manager made a brief statement to open the meeting.经理致了简短的开幕词。
compact, concise, brief这组词都有“简短的、简洁的”的意思，其区别是：
compact指为了方便把某物压缩到最小程度，也指紧凑、简洁的文体。
concise书面用词，可与brief换用，指语言文学言简意赅，无多余的话。
brief指语言文学简明扼要，短小精悍，也用于指时间意义很强的短暂的过程。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
There was a brief pause in the conversation.
对话中有短暂的停顿。
We have a tight schedule for your brief visit. I hope you don't mind.
对您短暂的访问,我们为您安排的日程很紧,希望您不介意。
In the beginning, the teacher gave us a brief introduction about the subject.
开始时,老师给我们做了关于这门课程的简短介绍。
I don't want to keep you long, so let me be brief.
我不想浪费大家的时间,就简明扼要地讲几句吧。
用作名词(n.)
He drew up a brief for his speech.
他起草了一份讲话的摘要。
The lawyers declared on a court brief that they will argue Mr. Brown's innocence by reason of insanity.
律师们在呈交法庭的辩护状上声明,他们将以神经错乱为由为布朗先生作无罪辩护。
用作及物动词(vt.)
The chairman will brief the Board on the most recent developments.
主席将向董事会概述最近的发展。
I'd like to ask Mr. Dean to brief us on the situation.
现在由院长先生来简单介绍一下形势。
权威例句
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: the PANAS scales.Watson D, Clark LA, Tellegen A. Development and Validation of Brief Measures of Positive and Negative Affect - the Panas Scales. J P...
The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure.
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The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report
Systems biology: a brief overview.
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A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7.
brief
brief: [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy-, as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’, later ‘summary’, which came into English in the 14th century in the sense ‘letter of authority’ (German has brief simply meaning ‘letter’).The notion of an ‘abbreviation’ or ‘summary’ followed in the next century, and the modern legal sense ‘summary of the facts of a case’ developed in the 17th century. This formed the basis of the verbal sense ‘inform and instruct’, which is 19th-century. Briefs ‘underpants’ are 20th-century. The musical use of the noun breve began in the 15th century when, logically enough, it meant ‘short note’.Modern usage, in which it denotes the longest note, comes from Italian breve. Other derivatives of brief include brevity [16], introduced into English via Anglo-Norman brevete; abbreviate [15], from late Latin abbreviāre (which is also the source, via Old French abregier, of abridge [14]); and breviary ‘book of church services’ [16], from Latin breviārium.=> abbreviate, abridge, brevity
brief (adj.)
late 13c., from Latin brevis (adj.) "short, low, little, shallow," from PIE *mregh-wi-, from root *mregh-u- "short" (cognates: Greek brakhys "short," Old Church Slavonic bruzeja "shallow places, shoals," Gothic gamaurgjan "to shorten").
brief (n.)
from Latin breve (genitive brevis), noun derivative of adjective brevis (see brief (adj.)) which came to mean "letter, summary," specifically a letter of the pope (less ample and solemn than a bull), and thus came to mean "letter of authority," which yielded the modern, legal sense of "summary of the facts of a case" (1630s).
brief (v.)
"to give instructions or information to," 1866; originally "to instruct by a brief" (1862), from brief (n.). Related: Briefed; briefing.
1. Designers who choose to label their icons are trying to satisfy two groups of users with different needs: One wants to learn in a gentle, forgiving environment; the other knows where the sharp edges are but sometimes needs a brief reminder.
这些设计师试图满足两类用户的不同目标，一组希望在温和宽松的环境下学习；另一组知道清晰的边界，但有时需要简短的提示。
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2. We start this chapter with a brief history of menus and then discuss some problems with menus and how to use them appropriately.
我们本章先简要地讲解菜单的历史，然后讨论关于菜单的一些问题，以及如何正确地运用菜单。
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3. A very brief summary is included here.
这里有十分简单的摘要。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. A brief review of chloroplast structure is useful before discussing these experiments.
在讨论这些试验以前，对叶绿体结构作一简短的概述是有益的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. At this point, brief bullet points describing characteristics of the behavior are sufficient. Stick to observed behaviors as much as possible.
在这一步中，描述行为特征简略的要点就够了，尽量按照被观察到的行为来描述。
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6. An example of a postural pattern is “transient,” which means that a person only uses it for brief periods of time in service of a larger goal being achieved elsewhere.
定位模式的实例之一就是“暂态”，即使用很短的时间服务于一个在别处实现的高级目标。
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7. In brief, we’ve found the following to be essential components to successful formative usability tests:
简言之，下面几点对成功进行进展式可用性测试非常必要。
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8. I shall aim to be brief.
我以简明扼要为宗旨。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. In other words, user profiles often consist of a name and a picture attached to a brief, mostly demographic description, along with a short, fictional paragraph describing the kind of car this person drives, how many kids he has, where he lives, and what he does for a living.
换句话说，用户简要通常只是一个名字和是一个照片附在简短的人口统计数据上，以及一段虚构的简短描述，诸如人们驾驶的车的类型，有多少个孩子，住在哪里，怎么生活等信息。
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10. It is the designers’ obligation to develop solutions without ever losing sight of these business goals, and it is therefore critical that the design team begin its work by understanding the opportunities and constraints that are behind the design brief.
设计师有责任在研发产品时顾及这些目标，因此从一开始就理解设计简报背后的机会与限制对于设计团队是十分重要的。
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