bluntness

1. ADJ-GRADED 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的
   If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
   1. She is blunt about her personal life...
      她对自己的私生活直言不讳。
   2. She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.
      她直截了当地告诉业界，这种歧视是完全无法接受的。
2. ADJ （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的
   A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one.
   1. One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.
      他们中有一个人的头部被钝器击打13次。
3. （刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的
   A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well.
4. VERB 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝
   If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it.
   1. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it...
      反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
   2. Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
      喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。

1. Excuse me for my bluntness.
   恕我唐突。
2. The bluntness and constructive criticisms that must occur in order for there to be efficient business communications can often fray emotional connections and strain relationships, sometimes permanently.
   为了保持公司交流渠道的通畅，坦诚而务实的批评意见不可或缺，但这些批评也会造成情感上的摩擦并为家庭关系蒙上阴影，有时候甚至是永久性的创伤。
3. But the main thing the bluntness conveys is how much better Ms Chua and her family are than everyone around them.
   但这种直言不讳传达出的主要信息就是蔡美儿和她的家庭比身边所有人都更加出色。
4. We got your note, and forgive my bluntness.
   我们找到了你的笔记，请原谅我的率直。
5. I can forgive his bluntness because it is associated with a basic kindliness of spirit.
   我可以原谅他的直言不讳，因为这与一种本质上的内心善良有关。
6. As slogans become increasingly diversified and localized, they also become more controversial through their vulgarity or bluntness.
   随着标语不断的多样化和本地化，内容也日渐产生争议，是粗俗还是直言呢？
7. To his credit, Dick did the poll, and with characteristic bluntness said that I would probably lose.
   值得称道的是，迪克真的搞了个民意调查，然后用一贯的直言不讳的口气告诉我，我很可能会输。
8. So she finally turned him down, explaining with characteristic bluntness. "There are a lot of duchesses, but only One Coco Chanel."
   因此最终她拒绝了他，用其特有的直率解释道：“这世上有很多的公爵夫人，但只有一个可可·夏奈尔。”
9. A lot of people are offended by his bluntness.
   许多人被他的耿直惹得不愉快。
10. While a little bluntness is effective, it's not the only method available.
    虽然有时候迟钝一些是很好的，但这并不是个好方法。
11. America's first black president spoke with a bluntness that perhaps could only come from a member of Africa's extended family.
    美国第一任黑人总统说的如此坦率直接，可能是因为他来自于有着非洲人亲戚的家庭。
12. Kennedy responded with equal bluntness.
    肯尼迪的回答也同样坦率。
13. Forgive my bluntness, but I am an old man, and my flesh is sure to be stringy and lacking in taste: I doubt even a demon would relish it.
    请原谅我的直言无讳，我是一个老人，我的肉肯定又老又没味道：我怀疑会有什么魔鬼会喜欢。
14. Mr President, I apologize for my bluntness.
    主席先生，请恕我说了直率的话。
15. 'When people are not visible, it does hurt,'she says, praising his bluntness.
    她称赞了韦尔奇的直率。她说，这不是大家喜欢听的话。
16. He was honest to the point of bluntness.
    他诚实到直率的程度。
17. He said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk.
    他以一种平静、率直的口气说着，把一叠订好的稿纸从他办公桌那边推过来。
18. Other leaders have stated their views with equal bluntness.
    其他领导人也同样坦率地陈述了他们的看法。
19. The old tool carriage with point contact crop appearance for steel pipes is not suitable to cut the oblique end face on pipes because of tool edge bluntness and lower tool service life.
    传统的钢管平头方式&点接触平头方式设计的刀盘，对于切斜的管端面很不适应，易打钝刃口，降低刀具使用寿命；
20. Influence of nose bluntness on behaviors of multi-asymmetric vortices flow over slender body
    头部钝度对大迎角非对称多涡流动特性的影响
21. Affection of Nose Bluntness to Two Waves Interaction
    头部钝度对钝锥双波干扰的影响
22. The effect of outboard leading-edge bluntness of double-delta wing on its aerodynamic characteristics
    双三角翼外翼前缘钝度对气动特性的影响
23. According to the test results of grinding chatter and bluntness of emery wheel, the condition identification ability of different distance functions is compared and analysed.
    结合对磨削颤振与砂轮钝化的试验结果，比较并分析了不同距函数的状态识别能力。
24. Effect of outboard leading edge bluntness of double delta wings on vortex flow characteristics
    双三角翼外翼前缘钝化对涡流特性的影响
25. Firstly, stability of a hypersonic boundary layer on a blunt cone with small nose bluntness at zero angle of attack has been investigated and the transition location was predicted by the e-N method.
    首先，研究了高超音速零攻角小球头锥边界层的稳定性特点，并用e-N法进行了转捩预测。
26. For the transition prediction for a hypersonic sharp cone or cone with small bluntness, conventional e-N method does not yield correct result, even qualitatively, Then, based on our own previous works, new interpretation and essential improvement for the e-N method is proposed.
    对于来流小攻角的锥体边界层，传统的e-N方法即使在定性上也不能给出正确结果。根据我们以前的一些工作，对e-N方法进行了新的诠释，并提出实质上的改进。

noun

1. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
   1. the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible

   Synonym:    dullness

2. the quality of being direct and outspoken
   1. the bluntness of a Yorkshireman