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brevity

US [ˈbrevəti]
UK ['brevəti]
  • n.简洁；简练；短暂
  • Web简短；简洁明了；简短明了

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brevity
n.
1.
简洁；简练the quality of using few words when speaking or writing
The report is a masterpiece of brevity.
那份报告是言简意赅的典范。
2.
短暂the fact of lasting a short time
the brevity of human life
人生之短暂

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AllAll,简洁简洁,简练简练,短暂短暂,简短简短,简洁明了简洁明了,简短明了简短明了
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1.
For the sake of brevity, I've left the details of the document out of this article; download the sample application source code for details.
为了简短，本文不讨论这个文档的细节；请通过下载示例应用程序源代码了解细节。
wèi le jiǎn duǎn , běn wén bù tǎo lùn zhè ge wén dàng de xì jié ; qǐng tōng guò xià zǎi shì lì yìng yòng chéng xù yuán dài mǎ liǎo jiě xì jié 。
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2.
The fire flies, which fascinate the children and accompany them everywhere, become a symbol of the fragility, brevity and beauty of life.
让孩子们深深着迷，并伴随他们到任何地方的萤火虫象征着生命的脆弱、短暂和美丽。
ràng hái zi men shēn shēn zháo mí , bìng bàn suí tā men dào rèn hé dì fang de yíng huǒ chóng xiàng zhēng zhe shēng mìng de cuì ruò 、 duǎn zàn hé měi lì 。
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3.
And I said, the greatest surprise in my life is the brevity of life.
我回答说，最让我惊奇的是生命的短暂。
wǒ huí dá shuō , zuì ràng wǒ jīng qí de shì shēng mìng de duǎn zàn 。
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4.
The HBS students' classroom preparation will have to be pretty thorough, then, to make up for the brevity of their field trips.
这样，哈佛商学院学生的课堂准备将必须非常充分，以弥补他们实地体验期的短促。
zhè yàng , hā fó shāng xué yuàn xué shēng de kè táng zhǔn bèi jiāng bì xū fēi cháng chōng fèn , yǐ mí bǔ tā men shí dì tǐ yàn qī de duǎn cù 。
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5.
The article is often omitted for the sake of brevity.
为了简洁，经常将冠词省略。
wèi le jiǎn jié , jīng cháng jiāng guān cí shěng lüè 。
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6.
I am well aware that on a day of such high excitement, what you require, first and foremost, of any speaker is brevity.
我完全明白在这样一个激动人心的日子里，你们对任何一位演讲者最主要的要求就是简洁。
wǒ wán quán míng bái zài zhè yàng yī gè jī dòng rén xīn de rì zǐ lǐ , nǐ men duì rèn hé yī wèi yǎn jiǎng zhě zuì zhǔ yào de yāo qiú jiù shì jiǎn jié 。
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7.
The article is often mited for the sake of brevity.
往往是为了简洁而省略冠词。
wǎng wǎng shì wèi le jiǎn jié ér shěng lüè guān cí 。
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8.
Mann has never been one for brevity, regularly churning out films that extend well beyond two hours in length.
Mann从来没有一部电影是简短的，他常常能拍出延展很好的时长在两个小时以上的电影。
Mann cóng lái méi yǒu yī bù diàn yǐng shì jiǎn duǎn de , tā cháng cháng néng pāi chū yán zhǎn hěn hǎo de shí cháng zài liǎng gè xiǎo shí yǐ shàng de diàn yǐng 。
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9.
For the sake of brevity , let me wrap this up by saying I fully understand the gravity of this question.
为了简单起见，让我以这种说法来结束本篇：我完全理解这个问题的严肃性。
wèi le jiǎn dān qǐ jiàn , ràng wǒ yǐ zhè zhǒng shuō fǎ lái jié shù běn piān : wǒ wán quán lǐ jiě zhè ge wèn tí de yán sù xìng 。
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10.
If so, it removes the order from the system (again the implementation is stubbed out for brevity).
如果是，则从系统中删除该订单（同样，为简洁起见而只提供了实现存根）。
rú guǒ shì , zé cóng xì tǒng zhōng shān chú gāi dìng dān ( tóng yàng , wèi jiǎn jié qǐ jiàn ér zhǐ tí gōng le shí xiàn cún gēn ) 。
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