brief, short
这两个词共同的意思是“短的”。它们的区别在于:brief着重指时间、言谈、篇幅等“短暂”“简短”; short是普通用词,泛指各种“短”。例如:
My acquaintance with him was brief.我与他相识的时间不长。
I went on a short trip.我作短暂的旅行。
brief，concise，compact
这些形容词均有“简短的、简洁的”之意。
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。
concise书面用词，可与brief换用，指语言文学言简意赅，无多余的话。
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。
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。
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She briefed me on the case.
她向我简要说明了这个案子.
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The commander briefed his men.
指挥官向他的士兵作简短指示.
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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。
辞典例句
For once, the pseudoscientist had allowed himself to be mis - briefed.
这次, 这个冒牌的科学家可是露了馅.
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Angleton briefed me on the contents of the finished report.
安格尔顿向我简单介绍了调查报告的内容.
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The Prime Minister was fully briefed before the meeting.
首相在会议前已掌握了详尽资料.
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Then he added, " You know, Ike never briefed me about Vietnam. "
接着他又说, “ 你知道, 艾克从未对我谈过越南问题. ”
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FBI agent briefed him: " We'll have our men spotted throughout the Los Angeles area. "
联邦调查局的侦探指点他: “ 我们会派人分布在整个洛杉机地区. ”
辞典例句
The secretary of Defense briefed the President on the enemy's strength.
国防部长向总统演示文稿敌方军力.
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I just briefed you on what I know about President Accoyer'shere.
刚才我已经向大家介绍了法国国民议会议长阿夸耶访华的有关情况.
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The crew should be fully briefed on the project.
应该对全体机组人员下达有关设计方面的简短指令.
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The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade.
这儿不准向外界提供资料.
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Both leaders then briefed journalists at a joint press conference.
两名领导人随后在联合举行的记者招待会上向记者们简要通报了情况.
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Application of identical transformation in solving mathematical questions were introduced and briefed.
归纳总结出恒等变形在解决初等数学问题中的一些应用.
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