terse

英 [tɜːs]

美 [tɜːrs]

adj. 简要的; 简短生硬的

比较级：terser　

IELTS GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18591 / COCA.17917

牛津词典

adj.

简要的；简短生硬的
using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly
1. a terse style
  生硬冷漠的风格
2. The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.
  总统发表了一份简短的声明，否认那些指控。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED （声明、评论）简短的,短促的,无礼的
Atersestatement or comment is brief and unfriendly.
1. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday...
  他发表了简短声明，称他正在和同事讨论他的未来，并将于星期一宣布他的决定。
2. His tone was terse as he asked the question.
  他提问时语气生硬。

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:crispcurtlaconic

双语例句

He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday
他发表了简短声明，称他正在和同事讨论他的未来，并将于星期一宣布他的决定。
The terse syntax is attractive to professional programmer, and the compilers generate very deficient object code.
C语言简洁的语法对专业编程人员很有吸引力，而且它的编译程序能够产生高效的目标代码。
An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant.
与被告的简短交流体现了她独特的办事方式。
Classic Groovy was quite flexible ( and indeed terse) when it came to variable declarations.
经典的Groovy在变量声明上相当灵活（而且实际上很简洁）。
Construction shape is not only terse and decent but also refined and elegant.
建筑造型简洁大方又不失细致精美。
It would say, for example, 0 – 9. Short, terse, but very effective.
比如说它显示0~9，简短、简洁，而且非常有效。
The language is terse and precise.
书中语言简洁而准确。
For instance, he says, his usually friendly boss turned terse during his final months.
他说，举个例子，平时一向友好的老板在他离职前的几个月突然变得有了距离感。
The expressions of English idioms are usually forcible, terse and vivid;
表达英语成语通常是强迫，简洁而生动；
Gaelyk is a Groovy framework whose terse syntax and coding shortcuts I'll leverage to quickly build my GAE web application.
Gaelyk是Groovy框架，我将利用其简洁的语法和编码快捷方式来快速地建立我的GAEweb应用程序。