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1. Oxford Dictionary

   brief

   • IPA[briːf]

   英式

   • adj.
     of short duration; not lasting for long；concise in expression; using few words
   • n.
     a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task；a summary of the facts and legal points in a case given to a barrister to argue in court.
   • v.
     instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task；instruct (a barrister) by brief.

   • 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; not lasting for long 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 be brief and don't talk for longer than is necessary 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
   • 2. (of a piece of clothing) not covering much of the body; scanty a pair of extremely brief black shorts 同義詞 skimpy, scanty, revealing, short, low-cut

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. British a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task his brief is to turn round the county's fortunes 同義詞 instructions, directions, directives, briefing, information, ... 更多guidelines, guidance, remit, mandate, informalrundown, low-down, gen
   • 2. British a summary of the facts and legal points in a case given to a barrister to argue in court. 同義詞 summary of the facts, case, argument, contention, dossier
   • ▪ a piece of work for a barrister he cannot be too highly recommended, if he is free and will take the brief
   • ▪ British informal a solicitor or barrister it was only his brief's eloquence that had saved him from prison 同義詞 lawyer, legal representative, solicitor, barrister, counsel, ... 更多Queen's Counsel, QC, defending counsel, advocate, attorney, counsellor-at-law
   • ▪ US a written statement of the facts and legal points supporting one side of a case, for presentation to a court.
   • 3. 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
   • 2. British instruct (a barrister) by brief.

   片語

   • hold a brief for
   • hold no brief for
   • in brief