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blunt
[英] [blʌnt] [美] [blʌnt] 生词本

adj.

vt.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：Blunt  

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1. ADJ-GRADED 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的 If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite. 

  • She is blunt about her personal life...

    她对自己的私生活直言不讳。

  • She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.

    她直截了当地告诉业界，这种歧视是完全无法接受的。

bluntly

  • 'I don't believe you!' Jeanne said bluntly...

    “我不相信你！”珍妮毫不客气地说。

  • To put it bluntly, he became a pain.

    坦白地说，他成了个令人头疼的人。

bluntness

  • His bluntness got him into trouble.

    他的耿直给他带来了麻烦。

2. ADJ （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的 A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one. 

  • One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.

    他们中有一个人的头部被钝器击打13次。

3. ADJ-GRADED （刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的 A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well. 
4. VERB 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝 If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it. 

  • The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it...

    反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。

  • Our appetite was blunted by the beer.

    喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。

Verb

1. make less intense;

  • "blunted emotions"

2. make numb or insensitive;

  • "The shock numbed her senses"

3. make dull or blunt;

  • "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

4. make less sharp;

  • "blunt the knives"

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

  • "Terror blunted her feelings"
  • "deaden a sound"
Adjective

1. having a broad or rounded end;

  • "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;

  • "a blunt instrument"

3. 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"

4. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

  • "the blunt truth"
  • "the crude facts"
  • "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

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  • 1.削成钝角；减弱；钝的
1. His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others.
他的孤立使他对别人的感情木然无知。

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2. I'm a blunt straightforward man;I hate sham.
我是个耿直坦率的人，我讨厌虚伪。

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3. She is rather blunt in speech.
她说话很直率。

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4. That's the blunt fact.
事实确实是那样。

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5. The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.
斧头太钝，砍不倒树。

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6. The knife is blunt.
刀钝了。

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7. The knife is blunt.I'll edge it.
这把刀钝了，我要把它磨一磨。

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8. The pencil is blunt.
铅笔秃了。

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