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

• She was businesslike and brusque, with no small talk.
  她公事公办，不讲絮话，但有时话语唐突。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 brusque manner did not exactly endear him to his colleagues.
  他的粗鲁使得同事们都不怎么喜欢他。
• His keen grey eye, impersonal and brusque, flashed upon her half impatiently.
  他那双锐利的灰色眼睛半带厌烦地扫了她一眼，显得不近人情且粗暴无礼。
• She is also wonderful for someone who doesn't pick up on social cues: Siri's responses are not entirely predictable, but they are predictably kind& even when Gus is brusque.
  Siri对那些读不懂社交信号的人来说也很有帮助：她的回复虽不全在意料之中，但却一定是友好的&即使在格斯鲁莽时。
• Walter found his new charge brusque and unapproachable, the hours were incredibly long.
  沃特发现他的新主人说话很少，而且不易接近。时间过得非常长。
• Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.
  埃莉诺态度粗暴，意志坚定、办事认真。