Brevity

(noun.) the attribute of being brief or fleeting.

(noun.) the use of brief expressions.

校对:路易丝

• Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I visited many other apartments, but shall not trouble my reader with all the curiosities I observed, being studious of brevity. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Yes, sir, that is so, says Mr. George with military brevity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of corresponding brevity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Suiting my reply to his love of brevity and dispatch, I said, 'That would suit me. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is my way--it always was my way, by instinct--ever to meet the brief with brevity, the direct with plainness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She answered with equal indifference and brevity, and the other said no more. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It was when the weaver threw the shuttle through the warp by hand that Job's exclamation, My days are like a weaver's shuttle was an appropriate text on the brevity of human life. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I shall here discuss this subject with extreme brevity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• These agencies may be all grouped together, for the sake of brevity, under the expression of the laws of growth. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

录入:昆西