adj. 简短的;简略的;草率的,粗率的,敷衍了事的。 a curt answer 草率无礼的回答。 a curt refusal 不客气的拒绝。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes''"; "short and terse and easy to understand" 同义词:crisp, laconic, terse,
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" 同义词:brusque, brusk, short,
例句与用法
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His remark was brief without being curt . 他的话简单而不草率无礼。
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The dismissal is curt but not fierce . 打发他走的吩咐是粗率的,但并不凶。
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He spoke with curt finality . 他说得斩钉截铁。
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Aster ran off the attack in a curt businesslike way . 埃斯特以一种简捷,踏实的方式进行了这次袭击。
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His tone was curt . 他的语调粗鲁。
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He either dismissed her question with a curt reply or evaded them with a joke . 他不是用一句短短的话回答,就是用一句玩笑话支吾过去。
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Hall greeted him jovially enough, but gorman and walson scowled as they grunted curt "good mornings. " 霍尔兴致十足地向他打招呼,戈曼和沃森却满脸不豫之色,敷衍地咕哝句“早安”。
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Mr. goodhart was even a little curt with thomas when thomas didn't automatically produce the afternoon whiskeys . 托马斯没主动送来下午的威士忌,古德哈特先生对他甚至有点不客气了。
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The poets, one so praised, are lumped unceremoniously together in our textbooks, in one curt chapter . 那些名噪一时的诗人,在今天的教科书里已被毫不客气地挤在一起,列为短短的一章。
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The poets, once so praised, are tamped unceremoniously together in our textbooks, in one curt chapter . 那些名噪一时的诗人,在今天的教科书里,已被毫不客气地挤在一起,列为短短的一章。