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

• 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。
• The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
  医生不客气地简单说了几个字。
• The doctors are brusque and busy
  医生们说话简短生硬，十分忙碌。
• 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 dropped her head; then, with a brusque movement, she pulled to the door, which closed behind her.
  她低下了头，继而以急促的动作，突然一下把门带上了。
• She has quite a brusque manner.
  她态度很唐突无礼。
• Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.
  埃莉诺态度粗暴，意志坚定、办事认真。
• 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。
• It won't do to neglect such work, but it would be dangerous to attend to it exclusively without studying problems. She was businesslike and brusque, with no small talk.
  不办公事不行，但是，单是办公事，不研究问题，那是危险的。她公事公办，不讲絮话，但有时话语唐突。
• Try to cultivate a less brusque manner; a curt reply; the salesgirl was very short with him.
  试图培养得礼貌些；唐突的回答；那个女售货员对他很无礼。