briefly是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为adv. 简单地， 简短地，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The stranger swore briefly but vividly.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He said some-thing vague about his forgetting to warn me, and asked me briefly when I left the house and what I had seen.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When they rejoined the expecting and anxious females, he briefly acquainted them with the conditions of their new guide, and with the ne-cessity that existed for their hushing every apprehension in instant and serious exertions.
-- When Heyward briefly explained the meaning of the words they heard, Hawkeye halted and spoke with quick decision and great firmness.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Lest anybody should feel a curiosity to know how Kit was clad, it may be briefly remarked that he wore no livery, but was dressed in a coat of pepper-and-salt with waistcoat of canary colour, and nether garments of iron-grey; besides these glories, he shone in the lustre of a new pair of boots and an extremely stiff and shiny hat, which on being struck anywhere with the knuckles, sounded like a drum.
-- To this amorous address Miss Brass briefly responded 'Bother!'
-- Not to protract this portion of our narrative, and to make short work of a long story, let it be briefly written that before the interview came to a close, the single gentleman deemed he had sufficient evidence of having been told the truth, and that he endeavoured to force upon the bride and bridegroom an acknowledgment of their kindness to the unfriended child, which, however, they steadily declined accepting.
-- First, he reviewed the circumstances which had led to his repairing to that spot, which were briefly these.
-- The man contented himself by briefly replying 'Wisitors;' and taking him by the arm in exactly the same manner as the constable had done the day before, led him, through several winding ways and strong gates, into a passage, where he placed him at a grating and turned upon his heel.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After the speech the President turned to Selenin, who plainly, briefly and accurately expressed himself against a reversal.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Silver briefly agreed, and this emissary retired again, leaving us together in the dark.
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