中英互译
terse
英 /tɜːs/美 /tɜːrs/
基本释义
- adj.简洁的,精练的,扼要的
比较级terser
最高级tersest
GRESAT
双语例句
- Well before he died of cancer in 2008, Harold Pinter knew he had earned a reputation for being "enigmatic, taciturn, terse, prickly, explosive and forbidding".早在2008年哈罗德·品特因癌症去世之前,他就知道了自己赢得了“高深莫测、沉默寡言、简洁、多刺、暴躁以及令人生畏”的名声。
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant.与被告的简短交流体现了她独特的办事方式。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- terse and forceful短小精悍
- Terse and Concise一定要简洁
- a terse reply一个简短的答复
- Two Terse LeJters两封简洁的信
- Terse Summary简要
词语扩展
词义分布
简洁的
76.4%
简练
9.1%
扼要的
5.5%
精练
5.5%
紧凑的
3.6%
英英释义
- adj.brief and to the point; effectively cut short
词源
- terse简要的,简短的来自拉丁语 tersus,干净的,整洁的,来自 tergere,刮,摩擦,擦拭,可能来自 PIE*ter,转,刮, 摩擦,词源同 turn,detergent.引申词义简要的,简短的。