blunt
adj. 钝的,不锋利的; 直率的; 呆板的
v. 使减弱; 使迟钝
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。
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。
A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well.
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。
1. make less intense;
2. make numb or insensitive;
3. make dull or blunt;
4. make less sharp;
5. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
1. having a broad or rounded end;
2. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
3. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
4. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
frank, open, plain, blunt, honest, sincere, straightforward
这些形容词都有"坦率,诚实"之意。
Do not worry over being quite blunt and honest with them.
和他们在一起不用担心太过直率和坦诚.
Now the issue came with blunt and brutal force.
但在现在,问题却来得那么直截了当而粗暴.
The Fed still thinks interest rates are too blunt a tool for the job.
美联储仍然认为利率是用来解决危机的太过鲁莽的经济工具.
Are they consistent with blunt force trauma?
有可能是用钝器外力重击所致 吗 ?
The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.
斧头太钝,砍不倒树.