terse

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  • adj.简要的；简短生硬的
  • Web简洁的；扼要的；简短的
Comparative Degree：terser  Superlative：tersest  

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terse
adj.
1.
简要的；简短生硬的using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly
a terse style
生硬冷漠的风格
The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.
总统发表了一份简短的声明，否认那些指控。

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Definition:
AllAll,简要的简要的,简短生硬的简短生硬的,简洁的简洁的,扼要的扼要的,简短的简短的
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Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Mr Sheng, the minister, gave a terse interview (in Chinese) to state television on his way to the scene, saying nothing about human error.
铁道部部长盛光祖在赶往现场的途中，给国家电视台做了一个简短的发言。他表示，没有人为过失。
tiě dào bù bù zhǎng shèng guāng zǔ zài gǎn wǎng xiàn chǎng de tú zhōng , gěi guó jiā diàn shì tái zuò le yī gè jiǎn duǎn de fā yán 。 tā biǎo shì , méi yǒu rén wéi guò shī 。
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2.
In contrast, Rolls-Royce has issued two terse written statements to say it was conducting checks and starting to understand the problem.
与此相反，罗尔斯-罗伊斯仅发表了两个简短的书面声明，表示正在进行检查并开始了解问题。
yǔ cǐ xiāng fǎn , luó ěr sī - luó yī sī jǐn fā biǎo le liǎng gè jiǎn duǎn de shū miàn shēng míng , biǎo shì zhèng zài jìn xíng jiǎn chá bìng kāi shǐ liǎo jiě wèn tí 。
chinese.wsj.com
3.
A week before I was supposed to leave, our conversations become inexplicably terse.
我要出发的前一周，我们的对话变得费解的简洁。
wǒ yào chū fā de qián yī zhōu , wǒ men de duì huà biàn de fèi jiě de jiǎn jié 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
The traditional LILO boot prompt was a very terse text prompt similar to what you see if you press the Tab key.
传统LILO引导提示符是一个非常简略的文本提示，类似于按Tab键所看到的内容。
chuán tǒng LILO yǐn dǎo tí shì fú shì yī gè fēi cháng jiǎn lüè de wén běn tí shì , lèi sì yú àn Tab jiàn suǒ kàn dào de nèi róng 。
www.ibm.com
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The description of events in the messages is often rather short and terse.
在信息里面，对事件的描述通常来说是十分短和简介的。
zài xìn xī lǐ miàn , duì shì jiàn de miáo shù tōng cháng lái shuō shì shí fēn duǎn hé jiǎn jiè de 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
He issued a terse statement pointing out that he is not, and never has been, a member of Facebook, or any other social networking site.
他发表了一份简短声明指出，他现在不是、并且从来也不是Facebook或者任何一个社交网站的会员。
tā fā biǎo le yī fèn jiǎn duǎn shēng míng zhǐ chū , tā xiàn zài bú shì 、 bìng qiě cóng lái yě bú shì Facebook huò zhě rèn hé yī gè shè jiāo wǎng zhàn de huì yuán 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
Terse Design of appearance, humanity communion interface, with database management, make the site practically and easy to operate.
外观设计简约，交流界面人性化，配合数据库管理，实用且易操作。
wài guān shè jì jiǎn yuē , jiāo liú jiè miàn rén xìng huà , pèi hé shù jù kù guǎn lǐ , shí yòng qiě yì cāo zuò 。
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The script on this diagram is just a terse rendering of the text in the Reserve a Vehicle use case.
这些描述就是对预约汽车这个用例的一个简短的描述。
zhè xiē miáo shù jiù shì duì yù yuē qì chē zhè ge yòng lì de yī gè jiǎn duǎn de miáo shù 。
www.ibm.com
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as he tried to hand the man some cash. The man responded with a terse "No" and walked on.
他努力给这个人钱，这个人简单地回答：“不”，就走了。
tā nǔ lì gěi zhè gè rén qián , zhè gè rén jiǎn dān de huí dá : " bù " , jiù zǒu le 。
jiazhitouji.com
10.
The following day, Longtop said in a terse statement that it would not announce fourth quarter and annual results on Monday as planned.
第二天，东南融通发表了一份简短声明，表示不会按计划于本周一宣布第四季度和年度业绩。
dì èr tiān , dōng nán róng tōng fā biǎo le yī fèn jiǎn duǎn shēng míng , biǎo shì bú huì àn jì huà yú běn zhōu yī xuān bù dì sì jì dù hé nián dù yè jì 。
www.ftchinese.com
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