terse

英 [tɜːs]

美 [tɜːrs]

adj. 简要的; 简短生硬的

比较级：terser　

IELTS GRE TEM8

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

Some may use descriptive and verbose conventions, while others may use terse and technical formats.
有些可能采用详尽冗长的描述习惯，而其他可能采用简洁且技术性的格式风格。
English news headlines tend to be terse and vivid in an attempt to attract readers.
英语新闻标题一贯简洁、生动，并力求用有限的字数来吸引读者。
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。
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。
The language is terse and precise.
书中语言简洁而准确。
Be terse and ask them what they might do in your situation.
问一问他们他们在你的情况下可能做什么。
Since it's quite terse and provide powerful features for succinctness, it should be very maintainable.
既然它很简洁，同时又为这种简洁性提供了强大的特性，那么它应该很容易维护。
This machine has terse structure, convenient operation, steady working system and wide adjustable range.
本机结构简洁，操作简便，运行平稳，调整范围大。
This code cheats a little by doubling a few of the shorter lines, but you can see that Tcl/ Tk is a remarkably terse language.
这段代码中存在一些假像，即将长代码行划分为较短的代码行，但是您可以看到，Tcl/Tk是一种非常简洁的语言。
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）。