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brief 音标拼音: [br'if] n. 摘要,简报,公事包
a. 简短的,短暂的
vt. 对…作简报,摘要,节录 摘要,简报,公事包简短的,短暂的对…作简报,摘要,节录 brief adj 1: of short duration or distance; " a brief stay in the country" 2: concise and succinct; " covered the matter in a brief statement" 3: ( of clothing) very short; " an abbreviated swimsuit"; " a brief bikini" [ synonym: { abbreviated}, { brief}] n 1: a document stating the facts and points of law of a client' s case [ synonym: { brief}, { legal brief}] 2: a condensed written summary or abstract v 1: give essential information to someone; " The reporters were briefed about the President' s plan to invade" Brief \ Brief\, adv. 1. Briefly. [ Obs. or Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Soon; quickly. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Brief \ Brief\ ( br[= e] f), a. [ OE. bref, F. brief, bref, fr. L. brevis; akin to Gr. brachy` s short, and perh. to Skr. barh to tear. Cf. { Breve}.] 1. Short in duration. [ 1913 Webster] How brief the life of man. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Concise; terse; succinct. [ 1913 Webster] The brief style is that which expresseth much in little. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Rife; common; prevalent. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] { In brief}. See under { Brief}, n. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Short; concise; succinct; summary; compendious; condensed; terse; curt; transitory; short- lived. [ 1913 Webster]
Brief \ Brief\ ( br[= e] f), n. [ See { Brief}, a., and cf. { Breve}.] 1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. [ 1913 Webster] Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An epitome. [ 1913 Webster] Each woman is a brief of womankind. -- Overbury. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client' s case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. [ 1913 Webster] It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. -- Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in the United States, counsel generally make up their own briefs. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) A writ; a breve. See { Breve}, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 7. pl. a type of men' s underpants without legs, fitting tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called { Jockey shorts}. [ PJC] { Apostolical brief}, a letter of the pope written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the secretary of briefs, dated " a die Nativitatis," i. e., " from the day of the Nativity," and sealed with the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its parchment, written character, date, and seal. See { Bull}. { Brief of title}, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds and other papers constituting the chain of title to any real estate. { In brief}, in a few words; in short; briefly. " Open the matter in brief." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Brief \ Brief\, v. t. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. [ 1913 Webster] 227 Moby Thesaurus words for " brief": Spartan, abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridge, abridged, abridgment, abrupt, abstract, account, account rendered, accounting, acquaint, acta, advertise, advertise of, advise, advocate, airmanship, annual, aposiopestic, apprise, bespeak, block in, block out, blunt, book, breviary, briefing, briefly, bring word, brisk, brusque, bulletin, capsule, capsulize, census report, chalk out, clipped, close, close- tongued, closemouthed, coach, cometary, communicate, compact, compend, compendious, compendium, compressed, concise, concisely, condensation, condense, condensed, condensed version, confer, conspectus, consult with, contracted, counsel, crisp, crusty, curt, curtailed, curtal, curtate, cut, debrief, decurtate, delineate, digest, direct, disclose, docked, draft, dumb, economical of words, election returns, elliptic, employ, engage, enlighten, ephemeral, epigrammatic, epitome, evanescent, explain, extract, familiarize, fill in, flashing, fleet, fleeting, flickering, flight plan, flying lessons, fugitive, give a briefing, give directions, give notice, give the facts, give word, gnomic, gruff, guide, head, hire, in brief, in sum, in summary, indisposed to talk, inform, instantaneous, instruct, kibitz, laconic, leave word, let know, line, little, low, meddle, mention to, meteoric, minutes, momentary, mum, mute, notify, nutshell, outline, overview, pandect, passing, pilot training, pilotship, pithy, pointed, precis, preengage, prescribe, proceedings, propose, pruned, quick, quiet, recommend, recruit, report, reserve, reserved, resume, retain, returns, review, rough, rough in, rough out, rubric, run down, run through, rundown, send word, sententious, serve notice, short, short and sweet, short- lived, short- term, short- termed, shorten, shortened, shortened version, sign on, sign up, sign up for, silent, skeleton, sketch, sketch out, snug, sparing of words, speak, speechless, speedy, statement, submit, succinct, succinctly, suggest, summarize, summary, survey, swift, syllabus, synopsis, synopsize, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, take into employment, take on, tally, tell, temporary, terse, the record, thumbnail sketch, tight, tight- lipped, to the point, tongue- tied, topical outline, trace, transactions, transient, transitory, truncated, unloquacious, untalkative, verse, washout, word- bound, wordless, yearbookBasic Reconfigurable Interactive Editing FacilityBRIEF, eccl. law. The name of a kind of papal rescript. Briefs are writings sealed with wax, and differ in this respect from bulls, ( q. v.) which are scaled with lead. They are so called, because they usually are short compendious writings. Ayl. Parerg. 132. See Breve.
BRIEF, practice. An abridged statement of a party' s case. 2. It should contain : 1st. A statement of the names of the parties, and of their residence and occupation, the character in which they sue and are sued, and wherefore they prosecute or resist the action. 2d. An abridgment of all the pleadings. 3d. A regular, chronological, and methodical statement of the facts in plain common language. 4th. A summary of the points or questions in issue, and of the proof which is to support such issues, mentioning specially the names of the witnesses by which the facts are to be proved, or if there be written evidence, an abstract of such evidence. 5th. The personal character of the witnesses should be mentioned; whether the moral character is good or bad, whether they are naturally timid or over- zealous, whether firm or wavering. 6th. If known, the evidence of the opposite party, and such facts as are adapted to oppose, confute, or repel it. Perspicuity and conciseness are the most desirable qualities of a brief, but when the facts are material they cannot be too numerous when the argument is pertinent and weighty, it cannot be too extended. 3. Brief is also used in the sense of breve. ( q. v.)
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