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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   brief

   • IPA[brēf]

   美式

   • adj.
     of short duration；concise in expression; using few words
   • n.
     a concise statement or summary；a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task
   • v.
     instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task

   • verb: brief, 3rd person present: briefs, gerund or present participle: briefing, past tense: briefed, past participle: briefed

   • noun: brief, plural noun: briefs

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. of short duration he made a brief visit to Paris to attend two concerts 同義詞 short, flying, fleeting, hasty, hurried, ... 更多quick, cursory, perfunctory, temporary, short-lived, momentary, passing, transient, transitory, impermanent, fading, ephemeral, evanescent, fugitive, informalquickie, rarefugacious反義詞 long
   • ▪ concise in expression; using few words introductions were brief and polite 同義詞 concise, succinct, short, thumbnail, to the point, ... 更多pithy, incisive, short and sweet, crisp, abridged, condensed, compressed, abbreviated, compact, compendious, potted, epigrammatic, aphoristic, laconic, sparing, terse, pointed, curt, clipped, monosyllabic反義詞 lengthy, long-winded
   • ▪ (of a piece of clothing) not covering much of the body; scanty Alice sported a pair of extremely brief black shorts 同義詞 skimpy, scanty, revealing, short, low-cut

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a concise statement or summary their comments were cribbed right from industry briefs
   • ▪ a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task his brief is to turn around the country's economy 同義詞 instructions, directions, directives, briefing, information, ... 更多guidelines, guidance, remit, mandate, informalrundown, lowdown, gen
   • ▪ a written summary of the facts and legal points supporting one side of a case, for presentation to a court.
   • ▪ a letter from the Pope to a person or community on a matter of discipline.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task she briefed him on last week's decisions

   片語

   • hold no brief for
   • in brief