to be brief

基本解釋

Social gatherings are not job interviews, so it pays to be brief.
社交聚會并不是工作面試，所以要簡短。
This was intentional: to be brief but still offer a good understanding of what is involved in this process.
這是有意而為之的：為了保持簡練，同時仍然提供對該過程涉及到的內(nèi)容的足夠了解。
But because Bonnie relatively weak, Allen expects the work stoppage to be brief—though it will take longer to get the relief well drilling rigs back and ready to work.
但是鑒于邦妮事實上強度很弱，艾倫期望遷移工作可以停止，盡管減壓井重新恢復工作還需要很長時間。

"In recent years, the development of rapid, diagnostic tests for malaria, also known as RDTs, which can be performed by healthcare workers after a brief training has made the extension of diagnostic testing to rural health facilities possible."
There'll be a brief period in which, as a cadaver I suppose, my heart will continue to exist.
在我死亡后很短的時間內(nèi),我的心臟將會繼續(xù)存在
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
Section for On the Road will probably be next week unless your TF wants to bring up some brief questions about it, but that's all for today.
在路上這個作品的討論課可能是在下周,除非你們的TF想讓你們提出一些簡單的問題，好吧今天就到這里。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選

Mr Plimpton's oeuvre includes a number of movies, but his parts tended to be brief.
ECONOMIST: George Plimpton