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brevity

noun
🔊/ˈbrevəti/
🔊/ˈbrevəti/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the quality of using few words when speaking or writing简洁；简练 synonym conciseness
    • The report is a masterpiece of brevity.那份报告是言简意赅的典范。🔊🔊
    • Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity.查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）以其简洁而闻名。
    • For the sake of brevity, I’d like to make just two points.为了简洁起见，我只想提出两点。
  2. the fact of lasting a short time短暂
    • the brevity of human life人生之短暂
    3. see also brief
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French brievete, from Latin brevitas, from brevis ‘brief’.