in brief 的定义
- Also, in short; in a word. Concisely, in few words, to sum up. All three phrases usually precede or follow a summary statement, as in In brief, we didn't get much out of his speech, or There was no agenda; in short, they could discuss whatever they wanted to, or The sun was shining, the sky was clear—in a word, it was a beautiful day. The first expression dates from the early 1400s; in short dates from the 1300s but the present usage dates from the 1700s; the hyperbolic in a word dates from the late 1500s.
in brief 近义词
in a concise manner
更多in brief例句
- In his brief appearance today, Scalise never mentioned Duke.
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
- Before we get to all that, permit me a brief reflection on this matter of Steve Scalise.
- Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
- Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
- As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
- And I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.
- Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
- The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.