| 释义 |
brief /briːf/► SEE ALLhold no brief for sb/sthin brief
●hold no ˈbrief for sb/sth (formal) not be in favour of or not support sb/sth, for example a cause, an idea, etc. 不赞同；不支持某人／某事◆I hold no brief for long prison sentences but this terrible crime really deserves one.
我并不赞同长期监禁，但是这宗罪案太严重了，罪有应得。 NOTE Brief in this expression is the summary of facts and legal points in a case that is given to a lawyer to argue in a court. If a lawyer ‘holds no brief for’ a person, company, etc. this is not one of their clients/cases. * brief 在这个表达法中指向律师提供的案情摘要。hold no brief for 指“不为…辩护”。 ●in ˈbriefin a few words 简言之；一言以蔽之◆I won’t give you a long history of the dispute; in brief, it led to the business closing.
我就不向你详述这场分歧的原委了；简而言之，分歧导致公司关门了。◆And now, the news in brief.
现在播送新闻摘要。 |