夫妇俩进去之前在门阶上简短地说了几句.The couple chatted briefly on the doorstep before going inside.这可以用下面的提纲简短地加以概括.It may be briefly summarized in the following outline.简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。After a brief inquiry about the Christmas...

“简短地”的英语可以翻译为：iefly，shortly...