词性及解释
词形变化
副词: bluntly
形容词比较级: blunter
最高级: bluntest
名词: bluntness
动词过去式: blunted
过去分词: blunted
现在分词: blunting
第三人称单数: blunts
英英解释
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adj.devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
[例]
○ the blunt truth
○ the crude facts
○ facing the stark reality of the deadline
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adj.characterized by directness in manner or speech
[例]
○ 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
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adj.used of a knife or other blade
[例]
○ not sharp
○ a blunt instrument
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adj.having a broad or rounded end
[例]
○ thick marks made by a blunt pencil
常用词组
例句
1.
A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal,as to AN offer.
断然拒绝对某个要求严峻或断然的反应或拒绝
2.
But when it comes to voting for a president, the gene pool shrinks rapidly, and the preference is for monikers that are blunt and Anglo-Saxon.
但是，轮到选举总统时，候选人的基因库就迅速缩小，那些简单明了的古英语中的名字最容易受到青睐。
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Zoning is a blunt instrument that can at BEST shape but should not try to sculpt cities(bH.Claude Shostal)
地区化是一种直截了当的办法，可以用于体现但不能用于塑造城市(bH.克劳德·肖斯塔尔)
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They halted, looking towards the blunt cape of Bray Head that lay on the water like the snout of a sleeping whale
他们停下脚步，眺望着布莱岬角[35]那钝角形的海岬——它就像一条酣睡中的鲸的鼻尖，浮在水面上。
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The Cry brought him skulking back to his master and a blunt bootless kick sent him unscathed across a spit of sand, crouched in flight
这么一嚷，狗就怯懦地回到主人跟前，它被没穿靴子的脚猛踢了一下，虽没伤着，却倦缩着逃到沙滩另一头。
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There was a shrewd Yankee in Emerson, a blunt fellow who could strip an occasion to its essence
爱默生有美国佬的那种精明，那份单刀直入的耿直。
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HE had a peremptory blunt butting even bullying manner
有时他神志冷峻，甚至不留情面。
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The finest edge IS made with the blunt whetstone. ——Gohn Lyly
最锐利的锋刃是从粗糙的磨刀石上磨出来的。——黎利
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The blunt knife IS useless.
这把钝刀毫无用处。
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A blunt needle fOR pulling tape OR ribbon through a series of loops OR a hem.
用于将带或带状物拉过环或圈的钝针。
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