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

• The traditionally Atlanticist Poles felt sidelined not just by the policy implications of Mr Obama's reset of relations with Russia, but by the brusque way in which they were told to play along.
  波兰人是传统的大西洋主义者。不仅在奥巴马的重置和对俄罗斯关系上保持观望，而且在对粗暴地要求他们参与其中上也保持观望。
• Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.
  埃莉诺态度粗暴，意志坚定、办事认真。
• He is always affable and never brusque with people.
  他对人很和蔼，从不疾言厉色。
• 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 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。
• Management Style: "Brusque" would be a polite term for it.
  管理风格：对它来说粗暴无礼倒是一种礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。