The brevity of his autobiography is both a strength and a weakness.

他自传简洁明了，是优点也是缺点。

Its brevity and telegraphic style vary the pace and keep the writing fresh.

这句话像电报电文一般简短语言风格改变了篇节奏，使行文清新。

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

简洁是智慧灵魂，还有什么比索引更简洁呢？

For his part, Titian was employed to convey a central philosophical message about the brevity of life.

作爲Titian部分，他被用來傳達生命短暫這一哲中心信息。

But good prose and useful prose share the same essential qualities: brevity, structure, a clear theme.

语言简洁、结构完、主题清晰。

And death And the brevity of life.

死亡 白驹过隙。

She answered with equal indifference and brevity, and the other said no more.

她也同样冷冷淡淡简简单单地敷衍了她几句，对方便也就不再开口。

Others were not as excited, including at least one person who repeated the words of Shakespeare: Brevity is the soul of wit.

不过其他人并不买单，至少一位网友反复引用了莎士比亚名言: “简洁才是智慧灵魂”。

But what plays the mischief with this masterly code is the admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to expound it.

可是，这个巧妙规章毛病，正是出在它本身过于简赅，这须得写下一卷注释浩瀚书，才能把它说得清楚。

Determined that there should be nothing in his conduct towards his mother resembling sullenness, he had occasionally spoken to her on passing matters, and would take no notice of the brevity of her replies.

他打定主意，对母亲决不该有愠怒表现，间或跟她说说眼前正在发生事情，对她言辞不多回答也毫不在意。

So first of all, what is an abbreviation? Well, here's a clue in the word. You have the word " brev" . " Brev" -- in other words, " brevity" -- it means to be short.

首先，" abbreviation" 缩写是什么呢? 其实，在这个拼字当中藏有线索。当中有" brev" 这个字。" Brev" 换个说法" brevity" 就是精简意思。

As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow, never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly.

事实，每天在这些新习惯花费少许时间，相对于可能获得愉乐与成功而言，只是微不 足道代价。