词汇释义
brevity TEM8 GRE
UK /ˈbrev.ə.ti/ US /ˈbrev.ə.t̬i/
1. noun, the quality of using few words when speaking or writing. 简洁，简练
2. noun, the fact of lasting a short time. 短暂
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外刊例句
1. But given the brevity Twitter requires — its character limit was doubled to 280 characters last year — it is perhaps inevitable that people will be misunderstood, even when they tweet with the best of intentions.(New York Times)
2. But it offers volume and ambiguity instead of brevity and clarity.(TheEconomist)
3. “The whole culture and how to address somebody runs afoul of the needed brevity on devices.”(Los Angeles Times)
4. Despite the brevity of the advice, there’s a lot of meat in this 112-page paperback.(Washington Post)
5. You may not want to match the prospect’s tone, but you do want to match their brevity.(Forbes)
6. The brevity and efficiency of its approach only work if the headlines are compelling.(Forbes)
7. Kennedy also wanted the garden installed in short order, ominously prescient of the brevity of his time there.(Washington Post)
8. Users get 15 seconds to express themselves, and this brevity helps to create a staccato, no-explanations, absurdist flavour to much of the content.(The Guardian)
9. The message wasn’t an apology, per se, but its pointed brevity and dispassion conveyed a certain amount of heartache and embarrassment.(New York Times)
10. Most of these brevities play with point of view or whip up entertaining alternatives to standard narration.(Washington Post)
11. Whether lack of funds was in truth the reason for the show site and the brevity, the result was the most coherent, sophisticated work they’ve done.(New York Times)
12. At the same time, Boodoo is preoccupied with the brevity of a dancer’s career.(Washington Post)
词汇搭配
brevity of
词汇家族
brevities
词汇来源
"shortness," especially in speech or writing, c. 1500, from Latin brevitatem (nominative brevitas) "shortness" in space or time, from brevis "short" (from PIE root *mregh-u- "short").
近义词
shortness, succinctness,briefness, conciseness
反义词
lengthiness, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness
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