briefless
/breef-lis/US // ˈbrif lɪs //UK // (ˈbriːflɪs) //
简短的,简言之,简要
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having no brief.
- : having no clients, as a lawyer.
Examples
Bissett was a fellow member of the Middle Temple, as contentedly briefless as himself.
He was a briefless barrister of the Inner Temple, and resided with his father till the period of his death.
It sets forth the uninteresting fortunes of an insignificant person, one John Stiles, a briefless barrister.
What could a briefless barrister do better than throw himself upon the law?
You think a briefless lawyer of thirty can go it alone, do you, even against the whole city government?
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