| 单词 | brevity |
| 释义 | brevity /brev"i tee/, n. 1. shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life. 2. the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Brevity is the soul of wit. [1500-10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See BRIEF, -ITY] Syn. 2. compactness, succinctness, pithiness. BREVITY, CONCISENESS refer to the use of few words in speaking. BREVITY emphasizes the short duration of speech: reduced to extreme brevity. CONCISENESS emphasizes compactness of expression: clear in spite of great conciseness. Ant. 1, 2. length. |
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