
英:/'tɜːs/ 美:/'tɜːrs/
简短生硬的
比较级:terser 最高级:tersest
GRE,SAT
adj. 简洁的,精练的,扼要的
The star made a terse statement about the scandal.
这位明星就丑闻发表了一份简短的声明。
Help me to give the article an eye-catching terse title.
帮我给文章起个吸睛的简短的标题。
Teachers did not accept the principal's terse response to their requires.
校长简短而生硬地答复了老师们的诉求,这令老师们无法接受。
His tone was terse as he asked the question.
他提问时语气生硬
I am a sensitive person, but they just seem terse and unfriendly, so I'm terrified of screwing up.
我确实是个敏感的人,但他们看起来很冷淡而且不太友好,所以我很害怕搞砸。
Well before he ***d 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。
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。
He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday.
他发表了简短生硬的声明,说他正和同事商讨自己的未来,并说将于星期一宣布他的决定。
See how terse that code is?
看看这段代码有多么简洁?
adj.|brief/summary/compact/concise;简洁的,精练的,扼要的
"terse" 是形容词,表示用词简练、简洁有力的表达方式,通常指在避免冗长赘述的同时保持信息完整性,但有时可能因过于简短而显得生硬或冷淡。该词源自拉丁语 tersus(意为"擦净的、精炼的"),在英语中自17世纪开始使用。
根据牛津词典的释义,"terse" 的核心含义包含两个层面:
权威语言学研究显示,该词在当代英语中的使用呈现以下特征:
著名语法学家Bryan Garner在《现代英语用法指南》中指出,terse与concise的核心区别在于:前者强调"通过删减达到简短",后者侧重"用少量词汇有效传达"。这种细微差异在商务沟通中尤为重要,例如审计报告中的terse表述可能被误解为缺乏合作意愿。
terse 是一个形容词,主要描述语言或表达方式的简洁性,但根据语境可能隐含不同情感色彩。以下是详细解析:
如需更多例句或扩展,可参考(新东方词典)或(爱问教育)的完整内容。
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