	a brief visit/meeting/conversation 短时间的访问╱会议╱交谈
	a brief pause/silence 暂时停顿╱沉默
	Mozart's life was brief. 莫扎特的一生很短暂。

2.	简洁的；简单的using few words

	a brief description/summary/account 简明扼要的描述╱总结╱叙述
	Please be brief(= say what you want to say quickly) . 请简明扼要。

3.	过短的；暴露身体的short and not covering much of the body

a brief skirt

超短裙

IDM

	In brief, the meeting was a disaster. 总之，那会议糟透了。
	Now the rest of the news in brief. 现在简要报道其他新闻。

in brief

简言之；一言以蔽之in a few words, without details

	In brief, the meeting was a disaster. 总之，那会议糟透了。
	Now the rest of the news in brief. 现在简要报道其他新闻。

— see also

1.	任务简介；指示the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are

	It wasn't part of his brief to speak to the press. 交付他的任务不包括向新闻界发言。
	I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. 我被分派去改组这个部门。
	to stick to your brief(= to only do what you are asked to do) 仅做分内的事
	to prepare/produce a brief for sb 给某人准备╱制订指示

2.	（向出庭律师提供的）诉讼摘要；委托辩护a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a barrister

3.	辩护状a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court

4.	(informal) 事务律师；辩护律师a solicitor or a defence lawyer

I want to see my brief.

我想见我的律师。

IDM

I hold no brief for either side in this war.

这次战争的双方我都不支持。

hold no brief for sb/sth

不支持，不赞成（某人或某事）；不为…辩护to not support or be in favour of sb/sth

I hold no brief for either side in this war.

这次战争的双方我都不支持。

1.	给（某人）指示；向（某人）介绍情况to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it

	I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. 我希望随时向我报告所有情况。
	The officer briefed her on what to expect. 军官简要向她说了一下可能遇到的情况。

2.	~ sb (to do sth) 向（出庭律师）提供诉讼摘要to give a lawyer, especially a barrister , the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court