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

• Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
  举止上令人惊讶的随便、唐突。
• He is never brusque with his comrades.
  他对同志从不疾言厉色。
• 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。
• His manner was self-assured and brusque
  他态度傲慢无礼。
• 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。
• If summers, brusque and confident to the point of arrogance, had been given the job, he would have done the same thing.
  直率自信、甚至有些自大的萨默斯也能做到，如果他有机会上任的话。
• 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。
• 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。
• I made a brusque apology and left.
  我生硬地道了一声歉就离开了。
• She has quite a brusque manner.
  她态度很唐突无礼。