Here,the travelers can stay a few nights and eat a good meal, while they take a brief respite from their long and dangerous journey north.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

We are going to take a brief break, and when we come back, we are gonna talk about some of Professor Katz's work on a class that happened last year called the just universities.

休息一下，马上回来，之后我们会谈一下Katz教授,去年讲授的一节课,叫做公正的大学。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"And basically it is to take a brief freeze frame on individual cases to see if we can really break them down and have face to face communications between those representing consumers or homeowners with lender attorneys to see if deals can be struck."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17