brusque

英 [bruːsk]

美 [brʌsk]

adj. 寡言而无礼的

GRE TEM4 TEM8

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

She was offended by his brusque reply.
他那种粗暴的回答使她听了很不舒服。
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。
Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
举止上令人惊讶的随便、唐突。
Maybe someone is overly brusque, or is always putting urgent or copying everything, Mr. Purdy says.
珀迪说，有的人可能过于生硬唐突，或者总是在电子邮件上标注紧急，或者什么都抄送。
His manner was self-assured and brusque
他态度傲慢无礼。
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。
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。
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 was businesslike and brusque, with no small talk.
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。