briefly

英 [ˈbriːfli]

美 [ˈbriːfli]

adv.  短暂地; 暂时地; 简短地; 简要地

IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2529 / COCA.3002

牛津词典

adv.

• 短暂地；暂时地
  for a short time
  1. He had spoken to Emma only briefly .
     他和埃玛只讲了短短的几句话。
• 简短地；简要地
  in few words
  1. Briefly, the argument is as follows…
     简言之，理由如下…
  2. Let me tell you briefly what happened.
     我来大致给你讲一下所发生的事情吧。

柯林斯词典

• ADV-GRADED 短暂地
  Something that happens or is donebrieflyhappens or is done for a very short period of time.
  1. He smiled briefly...
     他微微笑了笑。
  2. Guerillas captured and briefly held an important provincial capital.
     游击队攻占并短暂控制了一个重要首府。
• ADV-GRADED 简要地；简单地
  If you say or write somethingbriefly, you use very few words or give very few details.
  1. There are four basic alternatives; they are described briefly below.
     有4个基本的选项，简述如下。
• ADV-GRADED 简言之；总之
  You can saybrieflyto indicate that you are about to say something in as few words as possible.
  1. Briefly, no less than nine of our agents have passed information to us.
     总而言之，至少有9名特工向我们传递了情报。

英英释义

adv

• for a short time
  1. she visited him briefly
  2. was briefly associated with IBM
• in a concise manner
  1. the history is summed up concisely in this book
  2. she replied briefly
  3. briefly, we have a problem
  4. to put it shortly
  Synonym:conciselyshortlyin briefin short

双语例句

• It may be briefly summarized in the following words.
  这可以用下面的话来加以小结。
• He touched only briefly on that question.
  关于那个问题他只略略说了几句。
• Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
  将面包在水里快速蘸一下，然后将它挤干。
• She writes about women's idealisation of men, touching briefly on the topic of women's fantasy life.
  她写女人心目中理想化的男人，其中简单涉及了女人所幻想的生活的话题。
• We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.
  我们首先应大致看一下该理论在历史上的前身。
• Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
  她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。
• Cross sketched the story briefly, telling the facts just as they had happened.
  克罗斯简要地叙述了事情的经过，把当时发生的情况一五一十地说了一遍。
• He referred briefly to his notebook.
  他简单地看了看自己的笔记。
• He dialled, and spoke briefly to the duty officer.
  他拨通了电话，跟值班员简短地说了几句。
• Let's meet and review briefly each group's discussion.
  咱们碰一下各组讨论的情况。