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The brief was to create a new 300,000 square metre mixed-use development within a residential area, surrounded by concrete towers on three sides. Conceived not as a building but as a piece of topography, the design takes the form of two tree-covered mountains, populated by approximately one thousand structural columns.  Instead of being hidden behind the façade, the columns are the defining feature of the design, emerging from the building to support plants and trees.




On October 14th Apple said it would poach Angela Ahrendts, the boss of Burberry, to run its retailing operations. Odds are that her brief will go well beyond managing Apple's stores. She can help it crack the Chinese market, where its iPhones are also-rans in the race against cheaper smartphones from Samsung and local manufacturers http://econ.st/1euiMpx


A team of U.S. scientists has designed some new men’s briefs that may be comfortable, durable and even stylish but, unlike most underpants, may be able to save lives.
一個美國科學家團隊已設計出一些新式男用短內褲。與大多數內褲不同的是，這種新產品不僅舒適、耐穿，甚至時尚，而且還可能挽救生命。陳成良
Printed on the waistband and in constant contact with the skin is an electronic biosensor, designed to measure blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs.
這種內褲及腰帶上與皮膚固定接觸的部分，印製有一個電子生物感應器，用於測量血壓、心跳速率等以及其他生命跡象。
Brief Outage Cripples Chip Plant

A brief power disruption forced Toshiba to halt some operations at a critical chip plant, possibly causing a 20% drop in shipments to companies like Apple over the next two months.

 brief

briefs：名詞，短內褲。例句：He stripped himself to his briefs.（他脫掉衣服，只穿內褲。）
 Outage Cripples Chip Plant,  brief power disruption

adjective

• of short duration:the president made a brief visit to Moscow
• concise in expression; using few words:introductions were brief and polite
• (of a piece of clothing) not covering much of the body; scanty:Alice sported a pair of extremely brief black shorts

noun

• a concise statement or summary:their comments were cribbed right from industry briefs
• a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task:his brief is to turn around the country’s economy
• US a written summary of the facts and legal points supporting one side of a case, for presentation to a court.
• a letter from the pope to a person or community on a matter of discipline.

1. 《名詞》(1)概要，要領 (2)（事前の）要点説明，状況説明 (3)指示，命令 (4)【法律】準備書面 (5)【カトリック】教皇書簡 (6)（briefsで）（下着の）ブリーフ ※(2)はbriefingとも

verb

[with object]

instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task:she briefed him on last week’s decisions

vital：形容詞，生命的；維持生命所必需的。例句：Growth and decay are vital processes.（生長和衰亡是生命過程。）