Our session may be somewhat briefer this evening, to make up for the unscheduled one.

今晚我们的课可能会简短一些，以弥补临时课占用的时间。

Brevity is the soul of wit, and what is briefer than an index?

简洁是智慧的灵魂，还有什么比索引更简洁呢？

But the other briefer, Adele Goldberg, was appalled that her company seemed willing to give away its crown jewels.

但另一名展示者，阿黛尔·戈德堡, 对于公司愿意把自己最宝贵的科研成果拱手示人感到震惊。

This bout of spending was, however, considerably briefer than hoped.

然而，这一轮支出比预期要短得多。

The guy with the goatee gave me a brief look and a still briefer nod.

留着山羊胡子的家伙看了我一眼， 然后更简短地点了点头。

Type 1 has extreme highs alongside the lows, while Type 2 involves briefer, less extreme periods of elation interspersed with long periods of depression.

第一种包含极端的情绪高潮伴随情绪低谷，第二种包含更温和的情绪高潮，穿插在长期的抑郁期中。

Others, whose briefer span forbade their devoting themselves to studies so abstruse, beguiled the little tedium of the way with penny-papers.

其他人，他们的简短跨度禁止他们全身心投入如此深奥的研究， 用便士纸来消遣这种单调乏味的方式。

No man has yet formulated a briefer or less complex " system" than the one set forth herein; it has been stripped of all non-essentials.

在这个世界上，再也找不出比本书更简略，或者说更简洁的“思维体系”了。书中所述真可谓是字字珠玑。

I am keeping within my intention of holding rather briefer sessions for a while.Nevertheless there are a few points that I would like to make.

我会保持我的决定，亦即在一段时间内，上比较短的课。不过，有几点我想说。

But over the past year, I've also caught myself feeling bereft over the absence of briefer interactions, even those impromptu two-ships-passing moments, with more casual friends.

但在过去的一年里，我也发现自己因为缺少简短的互动而感到失落，即便是和那些无所谓的朋友的那些即兴的“两艘船擦肩而过”的时刻。

The initial sound of a " b" is briefer — 25 milliseconds or fewer — while the initial sound of a " p" is longer — between 30 and 50 milliseconds.

“b”的开头音较短，只有 25 毫秒或更短，而“p”的开头音则较长，在 30 到 50 毫秒之间。

Probably there cannot be instanced a briefer and surer rule-of-thumb test of a man's temperament—sanguine or cautious—than this: did he or does he ante-date the word wife in corresponding with a sweet-heart he honestly loves?

可能没有比这个更简短、更可靠的经验法则来测试一个男人的性情——乐观或谨慎——他是否或是否早于妻子这个词与他真诚爱的心上人相对应？