'O tell her, brief is life but love is long,
And brief the sun of summer in the North,
And brief the moon of beauty in the South.英文原著 · 《The Princess》
SURESBY. Now, sirrah, now, what is your will with me? Wilt thou discharge thy conscience like an honest man? What sayest to me, sirrah? be brief, be brief.英文原著 · 《Sir Thomas More》
LIFTER. As brief, sir, as I can.--
[Aside.] If ye stand fair, I will be brief anon.英文原著 · 《Sir Thomas More》
"What though our veins be wholly bloodless, and in our frail body the life be brief, yet our last fight be so strong and strenuous that it suffer not the praise of us to be brief also.英文原著 · 《The Danish History》
...I have had a brief note from Keyserling (Joint author with Murchison of the 'Geology of Russia,' 1845.), but not worth sending you. He believes in change of species, grants that natural selection explains well adaptation of form, but thinks species change too regularly, as if by some chemical law, for natural selection to be the sole cause of change. I can hardly understand his brief note, but this is I think the upshot.英文原著 · 《The Life and Letters-2》
Proud of my conclusion, I put the inquiry to Sir Henry as we hurried along. If we weren't too late! He stopped suddenly like a man brought up at the point of a bayonet. "My word!" He jerked the expression out through his tightened jaws. "Has she got ninety thousand dollars of your money!" And he set out again in his long stride. I explained briefly as I endeavored to keep his pace. It was her own money, not mine, but she did in fact have that large sum with her in the cut-under on this night. I gave him the story of the matter, briefly, for I had no breath to spare over it.英文原著 · 《The Sleuth of St. James Street》
I have clients who bring me briefcases filled with cash, and I hand them identical briefcases with vacuum-sealed bud.美剧 · 《Suits》
I brief the very important panelists, which is why I brought Maggie to brief you.美剧 · 《The News Room》
In one study, we had people watch a brief video, just 46 seconds long, In one study, we had people watch a brief video, just 46 seconds long,演讲 · 《Does money make you mean ~ Paul Piff》