blunt
迟钝的
常用释义
英音[ blʌnt ]
美音[ blʌnt ]
变形
复数:
blunts
第三人称单数:
blunts
现在分词:
blunting
过去式:
blunted
过去分词:
blunted
比较级:
blunter/more blunt
最高级:
bluntest/most blunt
基本释义
- adj. 钝的,不锋利的;直言不讳的,说话生硬的
- v. 减弱;使不锋利,使变钝
- 【名】 (Blunt)(英)布伦特(人名)
考试频率
六级
考频:近五年出现2次
- adj. 钝的
- adj. 率直的; 直言不讳的
例句
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1·The edge is as blunt as an old butter knife.刃钝得跟一把老黄油刀一样。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument.警方说他遭到了钝器袭击。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.他们其中一人的头部被钝器砸了13下。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·I hate to be blunt, Frankie, but she just didn't strike me as being very ladylike.恕我直言,弗朗基,但她给我的感觉不是非常端庄。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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5·Uncle and aunt launched a laundry with the blunt hunter.伯伯和伯母与那个直率的猎人创办了一家洗衣店。
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6·Those are blunt, unyielding admonitions that ring in my head every day.那些直言不讳的忠告每天都在我脑海中响起。
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7·It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capitalism benign.这是一次雄心勃勃的尝试,旨在钝化全球化最尖锐的“棱角”,使资本主义变得温和。
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8·The spurs cause blunt trauma to the shoulders which never have time to heal properly before the horse is ridden and spurred in another rodeo.马刺造成肩膀的钝伤,这些伤从来都没有时间痊愈,因为马会被在另一场竞技秀中再次被骑和刺。
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9·To be blunt, your work is appalling.坦率地说,你的活干得糟透了。来源: 《牛津词典》
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10·She is blunt about her personal life.她对自己的私生活直言不讳。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
同根词
词根:
blunt
bluntly
adv
坦率地,直率地;迟钝地
bluntness
n
钝;迟钝;率直
词语辨析
plain/blunt/candid/direct/frank.导航词义:坦率的
plain:adj. 坦白的,直率的.强调坦诚的、如实表达所思所想的。
She expected to have some plain and truthful answers.
她期待能得到一些坦率而真实的回答。
blunt:adj. 耿直的,不客气的.强调直言不讳的,即便可能使别人不悦。
To be blunt, many of the candidates only have a low level of English.
说得不客气一点,很多申请人英语水平都不高。
Her blunt words hurt him so much.
她唐突的话语大大地伤害了他。
candid:adj. 坦诚的,直言不讳的.强调直率的,即使事实令人不舒服或尴尬也要直言相告,不加以隐瞒。
The conversation between the two leaders was direct and candid.
两位领导人的谈话直率而坦诚。
What a brutally candid assessment!
真是无情的直率评价!
direct:adj. 率直的,直截了当的.强调不拐弯抹角的。
Please give me a direct answer.
请正面回答我的问题。
She sometimes feels that her husband is too direct.
她有时觉得她丈夫太率直了。
frank:adj. 坦率的,坦诚的.强调有话直说的,不隐瞒自己的观点、意见等。
We have had a frank talk.
我们有过坦率的交谈。
He was perhaps not entirely frank with you.
他对你也许不完全坦诚。