brief
US: /ˈbɹif/
UK: /bɹˈiːf/
UK: /bɹˈiːf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
brief /bri:f/
- tính từ
- ngắn, vắn tắt, gọn
- a brief note: lời ghi chú vắn tắt
- ngắn, vắn tắt, gọn
- danh từ
- bản tóm tắt, bản toát yếu
- (pháp lý) bản tóm tắt hồ sơ của luật sư bào chữa (một vụ kiện); ((nghĩa rộng)) việc kiện, việc tố tụng
- to hold a brief for someone: biện hộ cho ai, cãi cho ai (luật sư)
- lời chỉ dẫn cho phi công (trước khi đi oanh tạc)
- (tôn giáo) chiếu thư (của giáo hoàng)
- in brief
- tóm lại
- ngoại động từ
- tóm tắt lại
- lập hồ sơ (một vụ kiện)
- giao cho luật sư để biện hộ
- chỉ dẫn cho phi công (trước khi đi oanh tạc)
- chỉ dẫn tường tận
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, verb
+ adjective (briefer, briefest)
1 lasting only a short time; short: a brief visit / meeting / conversation + a brief pause / silence + Mozart's life was brief.
2 using few words: a brief description / summary / account + Please be brief (= say what you want to say quickly).
3 (of clothes) short and not covering much of the body: a brief skirt
See also -
Idioms: in brief in a few words, without details: In brief, the meeting was a disaster. + Now the rest of the news in brief.
+ noun
-see also BRIEFS
1 (BrE) 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. + I was given the brief of reorganizing the department. + to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do) + to prepare / produce a brief for sb
2 (BrE, law) a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a BARRISTER: Will you accept this brief?
3 (AmE, law) a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented to a court
4 (BrE, informal) a SOLICITOR or a defence lawyer: I want to see my brief.
Idioms: hold no brief for sb/sth (BrE, formal) to not support or be in favour of sb/sth: I hold no brief for either side in this war.
+ verb
1 ~ sb (on / about sth) to give sb information about sth so that they are prepared to deal with it: [VN] The officer briefed her on what to expect. + I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times. [also VN to inf]
Compare: DEBRIEF
2 [VN, VN to inf] (BrE, law) to give a lawyer, especially a BARRISTER, the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in a court of law
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 short, momentary, little, fleeting; short-lived, transitory, transient, evanescent, passing, temporary, ephemeral, fugitive:
The lights went back on after a brief interval. His glory was brief.
2 short, concise, succinct, to the point; condensed, shortened, cut, curtailed, abbreviated, compressed, abridged, thumbnail, compendious:
The chairman made a few brief remarks. Here is a brief description of what happened.
3 curt, abrupt, terse, short, blunt, brusque:
You mustn't be so brief with little children.
n.
4 summary, outline, digest, précis, résumé, compendium, abstract, condensation, abridgement or US only abridgment, synopsis, extract:
This is merely a brief; the full document will follow.
5 in brief. briefly, concisely, in sum, in summary, to sum up, succinctly, in a word:
He is a cutthroat, too - in brief, the greatest scoundrel living.
v.
6 advise, inform, fill in, coach, instruct, enlighten; explain, run through or down:
Howard will brief you on the details.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
clear, detailed, written | legal, technical
VERB + BRIEF
prepare, produce, write
PREP.
in a/the ~
She makes all these points in her brief.
| outside sb's ~
How the new policy is to be implemented is outside his brief.
| ~ on
a technical brief on food hygiene
PHRASES
be part of sb's brief
It's not part of my brief to advise on financial matters.
VERBS
be
I promised to be brief.
| keep sth, make sth
Could you make it brief? I've got a meeting in ten minutes.
ADV.
extremely, very | fairly, quite, rather | comparatively, relatively | necessarily
This necessarily brief account concentrates on two main areas.
| mercifully
The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour.
| tantalizingly
The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.
ADV.
fully, properly, well
PREP.
about
The men have been fully briefed about the intended mission.
| on
Each member of my crew took it in turn to brief me on his particular duties.
Concise English dictionary
briefs|briefed|briefing|briefer|briefestbriːf
noun
+a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
+a condensed written summary or abstract
verb
+give essential information to someone
adj.
+of short duration or distance
+concise and succinct
+(of clothing) very short
