In informal British English, brill means very good — great, excellent, just what you wanted. People say it about a day, a film, an idea, a plan: “That’s brill!” It is a short, spoken form of brilliant, and it sounds friendly and light, not careful or formal.

In informal British English在英式口語裡，brill means very goodbrill 的意思是「很棒」——great, excellent, just what you wanted就是很讚、很出色，正是你想要的那種好。People say it about a day, a film, an idea, a plan大家會用它形容一天、一部電影、一個點子、一個計畫：“That’s brill!”比如說「That’s brill!」。It is a short, spoken form of brilliant它是 brilliant 的口語簡短說法，and it sounds friendly and light, not careful or formal聽起來親切又輕鬆，不是講究、正式的語氣。

You will hear it in the UK far more than in the US, where it may simply puzzle people.

You will hear it in the UK far more than in the US你在英國聽到的機會，遠比在美國多得多，where it may simply puzzle people在美國這樣說可能只會讓人聽不懂。

It had a strong youthful feel in the late twentieth century; some British speakers still use it, and some younger ones find it a bit dated, though it has not disappeared.

It had a strong youthful feel in the late twentieth century它在二十世紀末曾經很有年輕人的味道；some British speakers still use it有些英國人現在還在用，and some younger ones find it a bit dated也有些年輕人覺得它有點過時，though it has not disappeared不過它並沒有消失。

Keep it for chat and messages.

Keep it for chat and messages把它留在聊天和傳訊息的場合用就好。

It is not the flatfish also called brill, and it is not a surname.

It is not the flatfish also called brill它不是那種也叫 brill 的比目魚，and it is not a surname也不是一個姓氏。