英语释义

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

  "the blunt truth"

  "the crude facts"

  "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

• having a broad or rounded end;

  "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

  "Terror blunted her feelings"

  "deaden a sound"

• make less intense;

  "blunted emotions"

• used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;

  "a blunt instrument"

• make dull or blunt;

  "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;

  "blunt talking and straight shooting"

  "a blunt New England farmer"

  "I gave them my candid opinion"

  "forthright criticism"

  "a forthright approach to the problem"

  "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"

  "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"

  "plainspoken and to the point"

  "a point-blank accusation"

• make numb or insensitive;

  "The shock numbed her senses"

• make less sharp;

  "blunt the knives"

片语

blunt pile钝头桩

benumb使迟钝，呆滞；使感情麻木；使失去感觉，失去活力

blunt tool钝工具

Emily Blunt艾米莉·布朗特（英国女演员）

blunt ligation平接

Roy Blunt布伦特

blunt toe后的钝头鞋

blunt bit钝鉆头

dull钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

naked裸体的；无装饰的；无证据的；直率的

explicit明确的；清楚的；直率的；详述的

英汉例句

• in his typically blunt way, he said he didn’t care whether a soldier was straight, but whether he could shoot straight.

  他以一贯直言不讳的方式指出，他不在乎某个士兵的性取向，他关心的是这个士兵能否把枪瞄得準。

• it would be many more years before i found out that grocery-store carrots had been bred to have blunt ends so they wouldn’t puncture the plastic bags in which they were shipped.

  也是在多年之后，我才明白食品商店卖的胡萝卜是特意让它的末端长成钝圆形，为的是在装运的时候它们不会把塑料包装带给戳破。

• the course we are jointly pursuing is not a blunt assault, but a diversified multi-pronged approach.

  我们联合追求的过程并非是一种生硬攻击，而是多样化的多管齐下的方式。

• the spurs cause blunt trauma to the shoulders which again never have time to heal properly before the horse is ridden and spurred in another rodeo.

  马刺会造成肩膀的钝伤，这些伤从来都没有等到痊愈就会被在另一场竞技秀中再次被骑和刺。

• uncle and aunt launched a laundry with the blunt hunter.

  伯伯和伯母与直率的猎人创办了一家洗衣店.

• the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will.

  他直率的诗句，对尊重的朴实坚持，并承诺一个新的不妥协的秩序，军事化的纪律，靠着纯粹的意志力稳步前进。

• mr lewin was blunt in his diagnosis of the crime problem.

  他在分析国内的犯罪问题时相当直言不讳。

• i was rather blunt in my reply.

  我的回答相当直言不讳。

• that blunt text message may be a harbinger of things to come.

  那则直率的短消息可能是未来事物的一个预兆。

• monetary policy may be a blunt tool to deal with asset bubbles.

  治理资产泡沫上货币政策可能是个迟钝的工具。

• the foreign office is lurching from crisis to crisis, thanks to his new blunt foreign policy.

  正因英国外交部新的生硬的外交政策，使得外交危机一波未平一波又起。

• the supremes turned a stake aimed at the heart of the regulatory monster into a blunt matchstick.

  最高法院就这样将对準监管巨兽心脏的矛头变成了钝火柴桿。

• in fact, chinese banks might feel they are by far the unhappier bunch, because they must continue to endure the blunt instruments wielded by bureaucrats in beijing.

  实际上，中国的银行感觉自己就是一群可怜虫，因为它们必须继续忍受北京的官僚们手中挥舞的「钝斧」。

• we have a lot of violence from blunt weapons without any healing traces, and we have also evidence of sharp weapons.

  我们发现了很多由钝兵器造成的暴力痕迹，而且没有医治过的痕迹，我们还有锋利兵器的证据。

• using them like a blunt instrument can hinder rather than help achieve the desired result.

  但像钝刀一样，使用制裁手段也能够阻碍而不是帮助实现他们期望的结果。

• the final rather blunt sign simply read: you have six days to move out.

  最后一个相当直率的标志牌简单明白：你有六天的时间搬走！

• there is powerful drama here, but too many of the scenes are handled with blunt portentousness rather than the subtlety a story as rich as this one deserves.

  整部戏激情澎湃 ，但可惜的是，有不少场景处理得有些生硬而做作，缺少了如此丰富的故事情节所应该有的细腻。

• beijing also has resorted to the blunt tool of freezing prices of electricity and some other basic goods, but that is starting to backfire.

  北京动用了冻结电价以及几类其他基本商品价格的生硬手段，但如今开始显得适得其反。

相似词

outspoken坦率的，直言不讳的

frank免费邮寄

direct指导；指挥

candid(Candid)人名；(罗)坎迪德

straightforwardad 直截了当地；坦率地

dull钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

unsharp不明显的；不清晰的；钝的

direct指导；指挥

keen敏锐的，敏捷的；渴望的；强烈的；热心的；锐利的

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

dull钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

silence沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态

frank免费邮寄

gruff粗鲁地说；生硬地说

outspoken坦率的，直言不讳的

straightforwardad 直截了当地；坦率地

acute严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的

obtuse迟钝的；圆头的；不锋利的

rough艰苦；高低不平的地面；未经加工的材料；粗糙的部分

brusque(Brusque)人名；(法)布吕斯克

cynical愤世嫉俗的；冷嘲的

candid(Candid)人名；(罗)坎迪德

rude(Rude)人名；(英、西、瑞典)鲁德；(法)吕德

surly脾气坏的，粗鲁无礼的

caustic[助剂] 腐蚀剂；苛性钠；焦散曲线

相反词

keen敏锐的，敏捷的；渴望的；强烈的；热心的；锐利的

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

acute严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的