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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Explain as little as possible without being brusque.
  解释要少而得体。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 manner was self-assured and brusque
  他态度傲慢无礼。