brevity

noun

1. 简洁；简炼
   the quality of using few words when speaking or writing
   1. 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
   1. the brevity of human life
      人生之短暂

1. N-UNCOUNT 简洁；短暂；短促
   The brevity of something is the fact that it is short or lasts for only a short time.
   1. The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time.
      这种家常汤的额外优点是烹制时间短。
   2. The brevity of the letter concerned me.
      我担心这封信写得太短。

1. The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time.
   这种家常汤的额外优点是烹制时间短。
2. The brevity of the letter concerned me.
   我担心这封信写得太短。
3. Her brevity affrighted him.
   她的勇敢使他害怕。
4. Brevity and suggestiveness are the soul of Chinese poetry.
   简练含蓄是中国诗的灵魂。
5. But don't let its brevity fool you& there's a lot going on in that code!
   但是，不要让这种简洁性欺骗了您，这段代码中有许多内容！
6. Exception and error handling has been mostly omitted, for brevity, from all of this article's listings.
   （为了简单起见，我们尽可能省略了本文中所有清单中的异常和错误处理）。
7. I've left out most of the JSON data for brevity's sake, but you get the idea.
   为了简化我省略了大部分JSON数据，但道理您应该清楚了。
8. Note that exception handling and business logic have been simplified for the sake of brevity.
   请注意，出于简便的原因，例外处理和业务逻辑已经做了简化处理。
9. This code has been compressed for brevity.
   为了简洁，此代码已经被压缩。
10. I've truncated it here for brevity, but you get the point.
    为简洁起见，我截短了这段代码，但您可以抓住要点。
11. The full HTML in Listing 13 was truncated for the sake of brevity and readability.
    为了保持简洁和增强可读性，清单13对完整的HTML进行了删减。
12. For brevity, I provided one method implementation per class.
    为了使文章保持简洁，我仅为每一个类提供一个方法的实现。
13. Those conventions are intentionally omitted here for brevity, with one exception.
    为简便起见，这里故意省略了那些惯例。但有一个例外，不要使用一个结束？
14. And a similar-looking one for User, which I'll not repeat here for reasons of brevity.
    这与User方式相类似，考虑到简洁性，我就不再重复了。
15. For the sake of brevity, I omitted all but the xsl: when for Observation in the xsl: choose.
    为简洁起见，我省去了所有内容，只保留了针对xsl：choose中的Observation的xsl：when。
16. Other handlers are omitted for brevity.
    为简短起见，忽略了其他处理方法。
17. It used to bother me but I realize that it explains brevity and typos.
    它曾总是困扰着我，但是我了解它只是为了解释简洁和错别字。
18. Embrace brevity, but do not sacrifice readability.
    拥抱简洁，但不要牺牲可读性。
19. I had a combination of brevity, clarity, and rhythm.
    我求得了既简洁清楚又有节奏感的配合。
20. Daniel delivered his message with telegraphic brevity.
    丹尼尔以电报式的简洁传送了他的口信。
21. For the sake of brevity and readability, I omitted most of the source code from this article.
    为了简洁和可读性起见，我省略从本文中的大部分源代码。
22. The brevity and frailty of human existence.
    人生的短暂和脆弱。
23. Many professors advocate to their students that good writing should meet three requirements: simplicity, brevity and clarity.
    许多教授对学生主张好的写作要具备三条件；浅易、简短和明晰。
24. From them I draw a lesson that it is self-confidence, curiosity and brevity that drive you to success.
    从这些书中，我学到了，想成功就要有自信心，好奇心和一颗勇敢的心。
25. I was surprised by the brevity of his answer.
    他回答的简洁令我惊讶。
26. For brevity," per second "is omitted in this section.
    为简便起见，“每秒”在此部分中省略了。
27. You will be amazed by it's brevity.
    你就会为信息的简短而感到惊奇。
28. It is a truism that both brevity and readability are good.
    众所周知，简洁和可读性都好。
29. I must speak therefore but with brevity.
    因此，我必须说，但简洁。
30. Owing to the brevity of the speeches, we finished early.
    因为演讲简短，我们很早就完事了。

noun

1. the attribute of being brief or fleeting

   Synonym:    briefnesstransience

2. the use of brief expressions