brusque

英 [bruːsk]

美 [brʌsk]

adj.  寡言而无礼的

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BNC.20023 / COCA.21819

牛津词典

adj.

• 寡言而无礼的
  using very few words and sounding rude
  1. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
     医生不客气地简单说了几个字。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 粗鲁的；无理的；唐突的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asbrusque, you mean that they deal with things, or say things, quickly and shortly, so that they seem to be rude.
  1. The doctors are brusque and busy ...
     医生们说话简短生硬，十分忙碌。
  2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.
     他们从他那里得到的是一个粗鲁无礼的答复，他一贯都是那样的。

英英释义

adj

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness
  1. try to cultivate a less brusque manner
  2. a curt reply
  3. the salesgirl was very short with him
  Synonym:bruskcurtshort(p)

双语例句

• Remembering aunty henny's own brusque attitude towards superfluous objects and papers, I did not doubt that he was right.
  想起汉妮伯母自己对多余的物品和文书证件不屑的态度，我并不怀疑他说的都是真话。
• The traditionally Atlanticist Poles felt sidelined not just by the policy implications of Mr Obama's reset of relations with Russia, but by the brusque way in which they were told to play along.
  波兰人是传统的大西洋主义者。不仅在奥巴马的重置和对俄罗斯关系上保持观望，而且在对粗暴地要求他们参与其中上也保持观望。
• Management Style: "Brusque" would be a polite term for it.
  管理风格：对它来说粗暴无礼倒是一种礼貌。
• His answer would still have been no, but he might not have been so brusque.
  他的回答仍然会是不，但是他也许不会这么直接。
• His manner was self-assured and brusque
  他态度傲慢无礼。
• This is a brusque, impetuous melody whose tension is underlined by dotted rhythm, wide leaps, and a wide span.
  这是一个粗莽、迅疾的旋律，附点节奏，大跳和宽阔的音域突出了紧张性。
• I made a brusque apology and left.
  我生硬地道了一声歉就离开了。
• He is never brusque with his comrades.
  他对同志从不疾言厉色。
• She has quite a brusque manner.
  她态度很唐突无礼。
• Explain as little as possible without being brusque.
  解释要少而得体。