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

• Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.
  埃莉诺态度粗暴，意志坚定、办事认真。
• This is a brusque, impetuous melody whose tension is underlined by dotted rhythm, wide leaps, and a wide span.
  这是一个粗莽、迅疾的旋律，附点节奏，大跳和宽阔的音域突出了紧张性。
• She has quite a brusque manner.
  她态度很唐突无礼。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is never brusque with his comrades.
  他对同志从不疾言厉色。
• His manner was self-assured and brusque
  他态度傲慢无礼。
• The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
  医生不客气地简单说了几个字。
• 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。
• He is always affable and never brusque with people.
  他对人很和蔼，从不疾言厉色。