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briefed

/breef/US // brif //UK // (briːf) //

有简报,有简报的,有情况介绍,有情况通报

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    brief·er, brief·est.

    • : lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
    • : using few words; concise; succinct: a brief report on weather conditions.
    • : abrupt or curt.
    • : scanty: a brief bathing suit.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a short and concise statement or written item.
    • : an outline, the form of which is determined by set rules, of all the possible arguments and information on one side of a controversy: a debater's brief.
    • : Law. a writ summoning one to answer to any action.a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.a written argument submitted to a court. the material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
    • : an outline, summary, or synopsis, as of a book.
    • : briefs, close-fitting, legless underpants with an elastic waistband.
    • : a briefing.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. a papal letter less formal than a bull, sealed with the pope's signet ring or stamped with the device borne on this ring.
    • : British Theater. a free ticket; pass.
    • : Obsolete. a letter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make an abstract or summary of.
    • : to instruct by a brief or briefing: They brief all the agents before assigning them.
    • : Law. to retain as advocate in a suit.

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Examples

  • There is even a brief chapter in which Bezos explains why he bought The Washington Post.

  • As he disarmingly and frankly acknowledges, little is certain beyond that the fire started near the Circus Maximus and, with a brief respite, burned for nine days.

  • For that brief moment last Sunday, it appeared his rise was going to include his first NFL touchdown, as he hurdled Detroit Lions cornerback Justin Coleman just a few yards from the goal line.

  • When Knox appealed a second time to the Supreme Court, Attorney General Janet Reno filed her own brief arguing that the appeals court had ruled properly — a highly unusual departure from the argument of her own solicitor general.

  • RaceAhead is back after a brief hiatus and will return to a normal schedule next week.

  • He did not mention rectal feeding, but perhaps he was not fully briefed.

  • In the early days of the program, CIA officials briefed the leadership of the House Intelligence Committee.

  • So a well-briefed and disciplined nominee could change things.

  • White House officials briefed reporters that afternoon on the failed mission.

  • One source briefed on the incident said multiple FSA fighters were killed in the attack.

  • Yesterday evening I was briefed to defend a political prisoner before the Deputy Commissioner.

  • Ripley briefed the general situation as it stood on the night of the engine theft in a few terse sentences.

  • Of these eighty-nine cases three are clearly misquotations — for Pascal was badly briefed.

  • At one o'clock Tom briefed the flight crews and technicians.

  • The tale of the years succeeding may be briefed in a bare sentence or two.