briefest

英 [ˈbriːfɪst]

美 [ˈbrifəst]

adj.  短时间的; 短暂的; 简洁的; 简单的; 过短的; 暴露身体的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 简短的；短暂的
  Something that isbrieflasts for only a short time.
  1. She once made a brief appearance on television...
     她曾经在电视上短暂露面。
  2. This time their visit is brief.
     他们这次的访问时间很短。
• ADJ-GRADED （讲话或文章）简短的，简洁的
  Abriefspeech or piece of writing does not contain too many words or details.
  1. In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs...
     他作了一个简短的声明，集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。
  2. Write a very brief description of a typical problem.
     就一个典型问题作简要的描述。
• ADJ-GRADED 简明扼要的
  If you arebrief, you say what you want to say in as few words as possible.
  1. Now please be brief — my time is valuable...
     请长话短说——我的时间宝贵。
  2. I hope to be brief and to the point.
     我希望简明扼要，抓住重点。
• ADJ-GRADED （时间）短的，短暂的
  You can describe a period of time asbriefif you want to emphasize that it is very short.
  1. For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.
     短短几分钟我们就忘记了焦虑与苦恼。
• N-PLURAL 短内裤
  Men's or women's underpants can be referred to asbriefs.
  1. A bra and a pair of briefs lay on the floor.
     地板上有一个胸罩和一条短内裤。
• VERB （尤指就某项工作或某一重大事件）向…简要介绍情况
  If someonebriefsyou, especially about a piece of work or a serious matter, they give you information that you need before you do it or consider it.
  1. A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters...
     一位国防部发言人向记者们简要介绍了情况。
  2. The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.
     首相已听取了她议会助手的简要汇报。
• N-COUNT 正式委托；指示
  If someone gives you abrief, they officially give you responsibility for dealing with a particular thing.
  1. ...customs officials with a brief to stop foreign porn coming into Britain.
     受命阻止国外淫秽出版物流入英国的海关官员
• See also:brieferbriefing
• PHRASE 简短地
  If you refer to somethingin brief, you are referring to a shortened version of it with few details.
  1. ...and now sport in brief.
     现在播报体育简讯
• PHRASE 简言之；总之
  You can sayin briefto indicate that you are about to say something in as few words as possible or to give a summary of what you have just said.
  1. In brief, take no risks.
     总之，不能冒险。

双语例句

• As far as the Russian culture chrematistics are concerned, idioms are the most available and vivid and briefest language materials for study.
  对于研究俄罗斯民族的文化特点来说，成语是最现成的、最形象的、最言简意赅的语言材料。
• To boil it down to the briefest summary, American characteristics are the product of response to an unusually competitive situation combined with unusual opportunity.
  归根结底，最简洁地说，美国人的性格，就是对具有非常机遇的非常竞争环境作出反应的结果。
• And for the briefest of moments every last man at Shwashank felt free.
  就在那一刹那，每一位在肖申克监狱的人感到了自由。
• And in that briefest of moments in which I took my eyes off her, she was gone.
  后来我站起来。就在我眨眼的一瞬间，她不见了。
• They do well in absorbing and summing up the freshest words, expressions and patterns used in Chinese language and convey them to each student in the briefest way.
  他们善于吸收总结最鲜活的汉语词汇和用法，并采用最简洁易懂的方法教授个每一位学生。
• Sketch is the art language of painting, which is simplest, the briefest and the most vivid in the plastic arts.
  速写是造型艺术中最单纯、最概括、最传神的绘画艺术语言。
• After the briefest of exiles, Sherlock came back only to face one of his biggest mysteries yet. Why is Moriartys face being broadcast on every television in the land?
  在短暂的流放生涯之后，夏洛克回到伦敦，却又要面对一个极大的谜团莫里亚蒂的面孔出现在英国每部电视机的荧幕上，这是怎么回事？
• Their conversation was in briefest phrase for sometime.
  有一段时间，他们之间的谈话只是用一些最简短的语句进行的。
• A headline is the briefest summary of the article in the English newspaper.
  英语报刊标题是英语报刊的文章内容最高度的概括和浓缩。
• She visits them only to feed them, and then only for the briefest possible time, between five and ten minutes.
  树妈妈只有在需要喂食的时候才去看看树宝宝们，而且待的时间尽可能短，也就五到十分钟。