brevity

/brev-i-tee/US // ˈbrɛv ɪ ti //UK // (ˈbrɛvɪtɪ) //

简明扼要,简洁性,简洁,简短性

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- : the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Ironically, it is long-winded Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet who famously says that brevity is the soul of wit.

nounshortness, briefness

Synonyms

We humans living on our one planet wring our hands about the brevity of our lives and our mortal restraints, but we do not often think about how improbable it is to be alive at all.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
The Axios business team started testing the idea two years ago by providing editing services and training in “smart brevity” to company clients that wanted to learn how to better communicate with their employees.
For lovers of brevity, the mask emoji was used five times more in April than it was before that.
What follows is transcript of the conversation, edited for clarity and brevity.
Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.
The whole operation used a series of brevity codes from the Indian Wars, and Jimbo was a quarter Apache.
The use of “targeted” lends a smell of precision and, therefore, brevity, finality.
For the moment it seems churlish to knock an innocuous little history for its essential brevity and its inevitable lacunae.
Much was made last Friday in regards to the brevity of the press conference Mayor Ford held.
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. Killick.

/brev-i-tee/US // ˈbrɛv ɪ ti //UK // (ˈbrɛvɪtɪ) //

简明扼要,简洁性,简洁,简短性

n.名词 noun

1
- : shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- : the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Ironically, it is long-winded Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet who famously says that brevity is the soul of wit.

nounshortness, briefness

Synonyms

We humans living on our one planet wring our hands about the brevity of our lives and our mortal restraints, but we do not often think about how improbable it is to be alive at all.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
The Axios business team started testing the idea two years ago by providing editing services and training in “smart brevity” to company clients that wanted to learn how to better communicate with their employees.
For lovers of brevity, the mask emoji was used five times more in April than it was before that.
What follows is transcript of the conversation, edited for clarity and brevity.
Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.
The whole operation used a series of brevity codes from the Indian Wars, and Jimbo was a quarter Apache.
The use of “targeted” lends a smell of precision and, therefore, brevity, finality.
For the moment it seems churlish to knock an innocuous little history for its essential brevity and its inevitable lacunae.
Much was made last Friday in regards to the brevity of the press conference Mayor Ford held.
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. Killick.