blunt

释义

adj.钝的，不锋利的; 直率的; 呆板的v.使减弱; 使迟钝

大小写变形: Blunt

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   blunts ; 过去式 :   blunted ; 过去分词 :   blunted ; 现在分词 :   blunting ; 比较级 :   blunter ; 最高级 :   bluntest ; 名词 :   bluntness ;

实用场景例句

This knife's blunt!

这把刀钝了！

金山词霸

Time hadn't blunted her enthusiasm for learning.

时间没有减弱她对学习的热情。

金山词霸

To be blunt, your attitude is unacceptable.

坦率地说，你的态度是不能接受的。

金山词霸

He has a reputation for blunt honesty.

他为人出了名的直言不讳。

金山词霸

The doctor confirmed the injury was caused by a blunt object.

医生确认伤势是由钝物造成的。

金山词霸

This knife's blunt !

这把刀不锋利了！

金山词霸

a blunt pencil

钝铅笔

金山词霸

A blunt instrument was used to hit one of them thirteen times on the head.

他们中有一个人的头部被一件钝器击打了十三次。

金山词霸

Repeated exposure to brutal acts has blunted society's sensitivity toward such incidents.

频繁接触残暴行为使社会对此类事件的敏感度变得迟钝。

金山词霸

The liquor dulled our craving for meals.

酒精减弱了我们对食物的渴望。

金山词霸

The industry received her blunt message that such prejudice is utterly unacceptable.

业界直截了当地收到了她的信息：这种偏见完全不可接受。

金山词霸

She is blunt about her personal matters in conversation.

她谈论个人事务时直言不讳。

金山词霸

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.

期刊摘选

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.

辞典例句

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.

期刊摘选

Are they consistent with blunt force trauma?

有可能是用钝器外力重击所致 吗 ?

电影对白

The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.

斧头太钝,砍不倒树.

《简明英汉词典》

The one breath is throughout blunt, otherwise thoroughfare would a cut a to break.

一口气冲到底, 否则通路会一截一截地断掉.

期刊摘选

That fellow is really blunt.

这人真艮.

辞典例句

真题例句

It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capitalism benign.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Verb

1. make less intense;

"blunted emotions"

2. make numb or insensitive;

"The shock numbed her senses"

3. make dull or blunt;

"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

4. make less sharp;

"blunt the knives"

5. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

"Terror blunted her feelings"

"deaden a sound"

Adjective

1. having a broad or rounded end;

"thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;

"a blunt instrument"

3. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;

"blunt talking and straight shooting"

"a blunt New England farmer"

"I gave them my candid opinion"

"forthright criticism"

"a forthright approach to the problem"

"tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"

"it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"

"plainspoken and to the point"

"a point-blank accusation"

4. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

"the blunt truth"

"the crude facts"

"facing the stark reality of the deadline"