terse

英 [tɜːs]

美 [tɜːrs]

adj.  简要的; 简短生硬的

比较级：terser　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18591 / COCA.17917

牛津词典

adj.

• 简要的；简短生硬的
  using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly
  1. a terse style
     生硬冷漠的风格
  2. The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.
     总统发表了一份简短的声明，否认那些指控。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （声明、评论）简短的,短促的,无礼的
  Atersestatement or comment is brief and unfriendly.
  1. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday...
     他发表了简短声明，称他正在和同事讨论他的未来，并将于星期一宣布他的决定。
  2. His tone was terse as he asked the question.
     他提问时语气生硬。

英英释义

adj

• brief and to the point
  1. a crisp retort
  2. a response so curt as to be almost rude
  3. the laconic repl
  4. short and terse and easy to understand
  Synonym:crispcurtlaconic

双语例句

• Construction shape is not only terse and decent but also refined and elegant.
  建筑造型简洁大方又不失细致精美。
• This design is an interesting mini number guessing game with a terse and graceful surface in style.
  本次课题设计的即一款界面简洁、大方，休闲有趣的小型猜数游戏系统。
• YAML is terse, but still readable.
  YAML很简洁，但仍然具有可读性。
• For instance, he says, his usually friendly boss turned terse during his final months.
  他说，举个例子，平时一向友好的老板在他离职前的几个月突然变得有了距离感。
• Some might say that Ruby's syntax is terse, and it's that way with a purpose: this language lets you create concise working code in short order.
  有人可能会说Ruby的语法很简洁，这正是它的意图：这种语言使开发人员可以迅速编写简洁的代码。
• Classic Groovy was quite flexible ( and indeed terse) when it came to variable declarations.
  经典的Groovy在变量声明上相当灵活（而且实际上很简洁）。
• For example, you might find the names used in the database too terse or verbose; or the names might be in a foreign language.
  例如，您可能会发现数据库中使用的名称太简洁或太罗嗦了，或者名称使用的是外语。
• The text prompt is no longer as terse and now uses the curses library to display your choices.
  这个文本提示现在不再简略，使用curses库来显示您的选项。
• Gaelyk is a Groovy framework whose terse syntax and coding shortcuts I'll leverage to quickly build my GAE web application.
  Gaelyk是Groovy框架，我将利用其简洁的语法和编码快捷方式来快速地建立我的GAEweb应用程序。
• The very terse and abbreviated style typical of email communication allows little room for explanation or nuance.
  这种简洁便利的经典通讯方式不太适合解释或说明细微的事情。