词汇 | bluntness |
释义 | bluntness noun[ U ] uk /ˈblʌnt.nəs/ us /ˈblʌnt.nəs/ a way of speaking in which you say what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings: 直率;生硬 Some people are put off by his bluntness.有些人不喜欢他的直言不讳。 She has a well-deserved repuation for bluntness.大家都知道她很直率,果然名不虚传。 She later apologized for her bluntness. "I came here to make money", he says, with characteristic bluntness. The bluntness of the teacher's statement caught Joe's mother off-guard. Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour abruptly abruptness bald baldly baldness blisteringly bluff directness downrightly edgelord flat outphrase forthright outspokenly plain speaking plain-spoken plainness point-blank shoot suffer vocal Examples of bluntnessbluntness He comes and speaks down to her with the bluntness of a property owner. In other words, the rule must prevent more errors of judgment through coordination and expertise than it causes through poor design or bluntness. In a discipline that celebrates bluntness, practicality and monomania, he was cursed with a whimsical imagination. Thus, determinate r ules have both benefits that arise from expertise, coordination, and settlement, and costs that arise from poor design and bluntness. In many ways, this chapter is more than a mere bibliographical guide; rife with erudition, wit, and bluntness, it offers a great deal of insights cumulated over a lifetime career. But pure coordination rules are rare, and most determinate rules are subject to er rors in design and er rors of bluntness, and to the related problem of circumvention. A possible explanation for this is that there is a critical bluntness for a monotonic, semi-infinite body which must be exceeded if waves are to be generated. That is the bluntness of the instrument that it is proposed should be used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second regulator appears to have every possible fault, all of them of the character of bluntness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all enjoy his bluntness and good humour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He need not have apologised for his final bluntness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that you are not used to bluntness, but you will get it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But are bluntness and simplicity relevant or proper tests? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must remember to speak to them with absolute bluntness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The decent, ordinary folk of the country respond more warmly to honest bluntness than to the contortions of political expediency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of bluntness These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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