laconic

英 [ləˈkɒnɪk]

美 [ləˈkɑːnɪk]

adj.  简洁的; 简明扼要的; 凝练的

GRE

BNC.20481 / COCA.23248

牛津词典

adj.

• 简洁的；简明扼要的；凝练的
  using only a few words to say sth

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 寡言的；言简意赅的
  If you describe someone aslaconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly.
  1. Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed...
     平常在办公室里寡言少语的莱希医生似乎少了些拘谨，多了几分轻松。
  2. 'At least we weren't kidnapped.' — 'I'm glad of that,' was the laconic response.
     “至少咱们没被绑架。”——“对此我很庆幸，”答复就是这么简短的一句话。

英英释义

adj

• brief and to the point
  1. a crisp retort
  2. a response so curt as to be almost rude
  3. the laconic repl
  4. short and terse and easy to understand
  Synonym:crispcurtterse

双语例句

• "No," was the laconic reply.
  回答只是一声干脆的“不”。
• You did not when you saw him, Mr Lockwood: and at the period of which I speak he was just the same as then; only fonder of continued solitude, and perhaps still more laconic in company.
  洛克乌德先生，当你初见他时，你也没想到，就在我说到的这个时期，他也还是和从前一样，只是更喜欢孤寂些，也许在人前话更少些而已。
• Must be caucasian, writes one laconic ad seeking an English teacher in Shenzhen.
  深圳一个英语教师的招聘广告上简明的写道必须是白人。
• The laconic titles already point to the aesthetic of renunciation realised in them: elaborate possibilities for image creation are consciously avoided.
  简洁的题目已经暗示了作品中所遵循的放弃美学：他们刻意避免掉耗费繁复的图像制作方式。
• The idealisation of silence remained strong in American culture into the 20th century: think of the laconic heroes of Western films, or of Hemingway's novels.
  在美国文化进入20世纪后，其中的理想化的沉默仍然很强烈：想想西部片里头（讲起话来）言简意赅的英雄或者海明威的小说。
• After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall.
  写完一篇书简体短文后，她就把书写用具丢在蜡画颜料里，任其暴露在硫酸亚铁、绿矾和五倍子中去腐蚀。
• Using matrix to process stereoscopy transformation, the program will be more laconic and the simulation system will be more reliable, and its efficiency is higher.
  采用体视变换矩阵的方法进行体视变换，可使程序变得更加简洁，提高了模拟系统的效率和可靠性。
• Introducing the concept of equivalent fixed pad, some laconic and unifying-expressions are obtained in this paper.
  为此，文中采用了当量固定瓦的概念，从而获得简捷而统一的表达式。
• This response was typical of the writer's laconic wit.
  这个回答反映了这位作家精练简明的特点。
• The criterion for a fruit of education scientific research is scientific and creationary and applied and logic and laconic and smooth.
  教育科研成果定量评估的标准主要是：科学性、新性、用性、辑性及语言的简捷性和流畅性。