Brevity
['brevɪtɪ] or ['brɛvəti]
解释:
(noun.) the attribute of being brief or fleeting.
(noun.) the use of brief expressions.
校对:路易丝--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.
(n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.
录入:温思罗普
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Briefness, shortness.[2]. Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.
安迪编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Shortness, closeness, conciseness, succinctness, terseness, compendiousness,pointedness, abbreviation, abridgment
ANT:Length, protraction, elongation, extension, prolixity, diffusiveness,[SeeIDENTITY], tediousness
埃尔温整理
解释:
n. shortness: conciseness.
校对:菲利斯
娱乐性解释：
A desirable quality in the Fourth of July oration but not in the fireworks.
汉密尔顿校对
例句:
- Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I visited many other apartments, but shall not trouble my reader with all the curiosities I observed, being studious of brevity. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Yes, sir, that is so, says Mr. George with military brevity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of corresponding brevity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Suiting my reply to his love of brevity and dispatch, I said, 'That would suit me. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It is my way--it always was my way, by instinct--ever to meet the brief with brevity, the direct with plainness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- She answered with equal indifference and brevity, and the other said no more. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- It was when the weaver threw the shuttle through the warp by hand that Job's exclamation, My days are like a weaver's shuttle was an appropriate text on the brevity of human life. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- I shall here discuss this subject with extreme brevity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- These agencies may be all grouped together, for the sake of brevity, under the expression of the laws of growth. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
录入:昆西