briefly
adverb uk/ˈbriːf.li/ us/ˈbriːf.li/
(SHORT TIME)
B1 短暂地;简短地
for a short time
We chatted briefly about the weather. 我们聊了几句天气。
- More examples
- She appears briefly in the new Bond film.
- He was briefly famous in his twenties but then sank into obscurity.
- He appears briefly towards the end of the film in a cameo role as a priest.
- She worked briefly as a journalist, but attracted attention as a writer with her stories of village life.
- He made his living briefly as a newspaper reporter before getting into politics.
(FEW WORDS)
简言之，一言以蔽之
using few words or without giving a lot of details
Briefly, the company needs to cut its expenditure. 简言之，公司需要缩减开支。