1·Listen to a Korean businessman negotiating with a Pole in English and you will hear the difference: the language is curt, emphatic, stripped-down.
听一听韩国商人和波兰人用英语的谈判，你就会知道一些不同：这门语言风格是简短，明确而又下拉式的。
2·Gabrielsson's response was curt: "You don't solve these things via media." It is so low.
而加布·里森的回答很简短：“你们不要通过媒体来解决这些事情，这太慢了。”
3·When Kwapnoski asked a supervisor what was holding her back, she recalls getting a curt reply: "Blow the cobwebs off your makeup and doll up."
当克里斯·克万诺斯基向她的高官询问自己到底哪里做的不好时，她得到了句简短的回答：“你还是想想怎么化妆把自己打扮的漂漂亮亮的吧。”
4·He rapped out a series of curt commands.
他大声发出了一连串简短的命令。
5·He grunted a curt 'Go by.
他只简短地哼了声“去吧。”
1·He gave me an extremely curt answer.
他对我作了极为草率的答复。
2·The undertaker was a little disturbed by such a curt obituary, so he offered, "I'll make you a special deal."
葬仪业者觉得有点草率，因此建议：“我给你特别优惠。”
3·He asked his boss a question, but got a curt reply, "I have no time for you now!"
“他问老板一个问题，但是老板草率的说：”我没时间搭理你。