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

• He was briefly arrested in Rome after a contretemps with Italian police.
  他曾因和意大利警方发生争执而在罗马被短暂拘留。
• I'd met her briefly in a prenatal class.
  我曾经在一次产前辅导课上和她有过一面之缘。
• It may be briefly summarized in the following words.
  这可以用下面的话来加以小结。
• 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。
• 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。
• I cast my eyes down briefly
  我向下瞥了一眼。
• 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。
• I'll just touch briefly on the essentials.
  我来提纲挈领地谈一谈。
• I told him briefly.
  我大概跟他说了说。
• Let's meet and review briefly each group's discussion.
  咱们碰一下各组讨论的情况。