bluntness
n. 率直,遲鈍
If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
She is blunt about her personal life...
她對自己的私生活直言不諱。
She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.
她直截了當地告訴業界,這種歧視是完全無法接受的。
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.
他們中有一個人的頭部被鈍器擊打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...
反覆出現的暴力事件使人們的反應都變得麻木了。
Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
喝啤酒讓我們沒有了胃口。
1. the quality of being direct and outspoken;
2. without sharpness of edge or point
His bluntness got him into trouble.
他的耿直給他帶來了麻煩。
Such bluntness is characteristic of him.
他就是這麼遲鈍.
Kennedy responded with equal bluntness.
肯尼迪的回答也同樣坦率.
He said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk.
他以一種圓滑、率直的口氣說著,並把一疊訂好了的稿紙從他辦公桌那邊遞過來.
I can forgive his bluntness because it is associated with a basic kindliness of spirit.
我可以原諒他的直言不諱,因為這與一種本質上的內心善良有關.