brusque

adj.

1. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED 粗鲁的；无理的；唐突的
   If you describe a person or their behaviour as brusque, 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。

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。
3. His manner was self-assured and brusque
   他态度傲慢无礼。
4. He is never brusque with his comrades.
   他对同志从不疾言厉色。
5. He is always affable and never brusque with people.
   他对人很和蔼，从不疾言厉色。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. This is a brusque, impetuous melody whose tension is underlined by dotted rhythm, wide leaps, and a wide span.
    这是一个粗莽、迅疾的旋律，附点节奏，大跳和宽阔的音域突出了紧张性。
13. 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。
14. Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.
    埃莉诺态度粗暴，意志坚定、办事认真。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. His keen grey eye, impersonal and brusque, flashed upon her half impatiently.
    他那双锐利的灰色眼睛半带厌烦地扫了她一眼，显得不近人情且粗暴无礼。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. She was offended by his brusque reply.
    他那种粗暴的回答使她听了很不舒服。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. Explain as little as possible without being brusque.
    解释要少而得体。
26. 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。
27. Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
    举止上令人惊讶的随便、唐突。
28. She has quite a brusque manner.
    她态度很唐突无礼。
29. I made a brusque apology and left.
    我生硬地道了一声歉就离开了。
30. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
    医生不客气地简单说了几个字。

adj

1. 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)