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

• 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。
• Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
  举止上令人惊讶的随便、唐突。
• He generally affected a brusque manner, but he had a great smile, a good sense of humor, and a keen understanding of human nature.
  他总是装出一副很粗鲁的样子，但笑起来却十分爽朗，也很有幽默感，对人性有着深刻的洞察。
• 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。
• I made a brusque apology and left.
  我生硬地道了一声歉就离开了。
• The doctors are brusque and busy
  医生们说话简短生硬，十分忙碌。
• He is always affable and never brusque with people.
  他对人很和蔼，从不疾言厉色。
• 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。
• I thought him more sensitive and gentle than his occasionally brusque manner suggested.
  他有时态度粗暴，但我认为他还是较为机灵和文雅的。
• Indeed, some point out that Britain has a long history of brusque and occasional brutish behavior.
  的确，有些人指出英国有长久的粗鲁和偶尔粗鲁的行为。