be brief

SHORT/NOT LONGto say or write something using only a few words, especially because there is little time 长话短说

I’ll be brief; a lot of changes are going to happen.

我就长话短说吧，接下来将会发生许多变化。

Examples from the Corpus

be brief• I'm sure you're all very busy, so I'll be brief.• Sometimes the dates do not tally with known events, and often the entries are brief.• The client should then be briefed.• I'll be brief - a lot of changes are going to happen.• Lieutenant, I'll be brief and I'll be candid -- when do you plan to leave?• I'll be as brief as possible so as not to waste your time.• The dream is brief but perplexing.• Here are brief extracts from public Elgar performances caught on the wing.• Your task is a series of missions, each more perilous than the last, and you are briefed on each beforehand.• Senior members of Congress were briefed on the details of the arms deal.• Writing is not much given to elaborating events that are brief, sudden, and inexplicable.• The moments of ecstasy were brief, the hours of remorse endless.

→ be brief at brief1(1)

词汇	be brief
释义	be brief be brief SHORT/NOT LONGto say or write something using only a few words, especially because there is little time 长话短说 I’ll be brief; a lot of changes are going to happen. 我就长话短说吧，接下来将会发生许多变化。 Examples from the Corpus be brief• I'm sure you're all very busy, so I'll be brief.• Sometimes the dates do not tally with known events, and often the entries are brief.• The client should then be briefed.• I'll be brief - a lot of changes are going to happen.• Lieutenant, I'll be brief and I'll be candid -- when do you plan to leave?• I'll be as brief as possible so as not to waste your time.• The dream is brief but perplexing.• Here are brief extracts from public Elgar performances caught on the wing.• Your task is a series of missions, each more perilous than the last, and you are briefed on each beforehand.• Senior members of Congress were briefed on the details of the arms deal.• Writing is not much given to elaborating events that are brief, sudden, and inexplicable.• The moments of ecstasy were brief, the hours of remorse endless. → be brief at brief1(1)
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