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

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。
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。
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。
Experience has shown that a more verbose topic space is preferable to a terse, less descriptive space.
经验表明，详细描述的主题空间要比简单扼要的空间更可取。
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。
Terse and witty and like a maxim.
简练、机智、像是格言。
The language is terse and precise.
书中语言简洁而准确。
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 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。
His tone was terse as he asked the question.
他提问时语气生硬。