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。
I have endeavoured to give in their briefest outline the reasons for my disaffection.
我已经尽力简短地说明了我产生不满情绪的原因.
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He had, for the absolute briefest time , let wishful thinking about results overrule his scientific caution.
有那么一瞬间, 他对实验结果的一厢情景压倒了科学的谨慎.
辞典例句
Perhaps everybody this present has eaten meal, ha - ha the'briefest dialog appeared.
也许大家都该现在吃饭了, 呵呵 ` `最简短的对白就出现了.
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A legendary romance may begin with the briefest of beautiful encounters.
一段浪漫的传奇,可能缘起于一次美丽的邂逅.
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For the briefest time are the moon and my shadow my companions.
只在最段的时光中,月亮和我的影子是我的伴儿.
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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.
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Conciseness means complete message but briefest expression with no sacrificing clarity or courtesy.
信的内容应完整、简洁而不失清楚、委婉客气.
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And for the briefest of moments every last man at Shawshank felt free.
就在这一瞬间肖申克众囚仿佛重获自由.
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Jane Austen makes only briefest appearance , and Edgar Allen Poe shows his face only at Halloween.
简·奥斯丁的作品也只是那种最普通的平装本,至于埃德加·艾伦·坡的则只会在万圣节前夕才会被放上书架.
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