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

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。
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。
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。
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。
She has quite a brusque manner.
她态度很唐突无礼。
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。
His manner was self-assured and brusque
他态度傲慢无礼。
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。
The doctors are brusque and busy
医生们说话简短生硬，十分忙碌。
Try to cultivate a less brusque manner; a curt reply; the salesgirl was very short with him.
试图培养得礼貌些；唐突的回答；那个女售货员对他很无礼。