terse

adj.

1. 简要的；简短生硬的
   using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly
   1. a terse style
      生硬冷漠的风格
   2. The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.
      总统发表了一份简短的声明，否认那些指控。

1. ADJ-GRADED （声明、评论）简短的,短促的,无礼的
   A terse statement or comment is brief and unfriendly.
   1. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday...
      他发表了简短声明，称他正在和同事讨论他的未来，并将于星期一宣布他的决定。
   2. His tone was terse as he asked the question.
      他提问时语气生硬。

1. An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant.
   与被告的简短交流体现了她独特的办事方式。
2. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday
   他发表了简短声明，称他正在和同事讨论他的未来，并将于星期一宣布他的决定。
3. His tone was terse as he asked the question.
   他提问时语气生硬。
4. See how terse that code is?
   看看这段代码有多么简洁？
5. Experience has shown that a more verbose topic space is preferable to a terse, less descriptive space.
   经验表明，详细描述的主题空间要比简单扼要的空间更可取。
6. Gaelyk is a Groovy framework whose terse syntax and coding shortcuts I'll leverage to quickly build my GAE web application.
   Gaelyk是Groovy框架，我将利用其简洁的语法和编码快捷方式来快速地建立我的GAEweb应用程序。
7. The text prompt is no longer as terse and now uses the curses library to display your choices.
   这个文本提示现在不再简略，使用curses库来显示您的选项。
8. Classic Groovy was quite flexible ( and indeed terse) when it came to variable declarations.
   经典的Groovy在变量声明上相当灵活（而且实际上很简洁）。
9. Some might say that Ruby's syntax is terse, and it's that way with a purpose: this language lets you create concise working code in short order.
   有人可能会说Ruby的语法很简洁，这正是它的意图：这种语言使开发人员可以迅速编写简洁的代码。
10. YAML is terse, but still readable.
    YAML很简洁，但仍然具有可读性。
11. The language is terse and precise.
    书中语言简洁而准确。
12. This code cheats a little by doubling a few of the shorter lines, but you can see that Tcl/ Tk is a remarkably terse language.
    这段代码中存在一些假像，即将长代码行划分为较短的代码行，但是您可以看到，Tcl/Tk是一种非常简洁的语言。
13. Your name Terse but just fine in many circumstances.
    Yourname虽然简洁，但是在很多情况下都适用。
14. The attention to detail even extends to a Chinese foreign ministry news briefing early on in the show, which replicates the real thing almost exactly, from the familiar blue backdrop to the terse and irritated tone.
    该剧对细节的关注甚至还扩展到了早先情节中的一场中国外交部新闻发布会上，剧中场景几乎完全复制了真实情景，从熟悉的蓝色背景到发言人简练恼怒的语调。
15. For instance, he says, his usually friendly boss turned terse during his final months.
    他说，举个例子，平时一向友好的老板在他离职前的几个月突然变得有了距离感。
16. Be terse and ask them what they might do in your situation.
    问一问他们他们在你的情况下可能做什么。
17. The terse greetings show the infinite concern from the chairman and also the single-mindedness of the soldiers to the duty, as well as their devotion to people.
    就这简单的问候，表达了主席对士兵的无限关怀，体现了士兵对职责的忠诚，对人民的热爱。
18. Construction shape is not only terse and decent but also refined and elegant.
    建筑造型简洁大方又不失细致精美。
19. The expressions of English idioms are usually forcible, terse and vivid;
    表达英语成语通常是强迫，简洁而生动；
20. This machine has terse structure, convenient operation, steady working system and wide adjustable range.
    本机结构简洁，操作简便，运行平稳，调整范围大。
21. It would say, for example, 0 – 9. Short, terse, but very effective.
    比如说它显示0~9，简短、简洁，而且非常有效。
22. Since it's quite terse and provide powerful features for succinctness, it should be very maintainable.
    既然它很简洁，同时又为这种简洁性提供了强大的特性，那么它应该很容易维护。
23. English news headlines tend to be terse and vivid in an attempt to attract readers.
    英语新闻标题一贯简洁、生动，并力求用有限的字数来吸引读者。
24. Some may use descriptive and verbose conventions, while others may use terse and technical formats.
    有些可能采用详尽冗长的描述习惯，而其他可能采用简洁且技术性的格式风格。
25. Terse and witty and like a maxim.
    简练、机智、像是格言。
26. The terse syntax is attractive to professional programmer, and the compilers generate very deficient object code.
    C语言简洁的语法对专业编程人员很有吸引力，而且它的编译程序能够产生高效的目标代码。
27. This design is an interesting mini number guessing game with a terse and graceful surface in style.
    本次课题设计的即一款界面简洁、大方，休闲有趣的小型猜数游戏系统。
28. The very terse and abbreviated style typical of email communication allows little room for explanation or nuance.
    这种简洁便利的经典通讯方式不太适合解释或说明细微的事情。
29. The book was a collection of terse, powerful articles.
    这本书是一本行文简练有力的短文集。
30. For example, you might find the names used in the database too terse or verbose; or the names might be in a foreign language.
    例如，您可能会发现数据库中使用的名称太简洁或太罗嗦了，或者名称使用的是外语。

adj

1. brief and to the point
   1. a crisp retort
   2. a response so curt as to be almost rude
   3. the laconic repl
   4. short and terse and easy to understand

   Synonym:    crispcurtlaconic