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单词 terse
释义
terse
adjective
uk
/tɜːs/us
/tɝːs/
using few words, sometimes in a way thatseemsrudeorunfriendly:
简短生硬的；简要的
"Are youfeelinganybetter?" "No!" was the tersereply.“你觉得好点儿了吗？”“没有。”回答简短而生硬。
Synonyms
curtdisapproving
laconicformal
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crispadjective(CLEAR)mainlyapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not speaking much or often
  • quietShe's a quiet little thing.
  • taciturnHer father was a shy, taciturn man.
  • abruptHe is criticised for being too abrupt with his clients.
  • curtShe was very curt with him.
  • terseI don't appreciate how terse she is in meetings.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • bald
  • baldly
  • baldness
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • directness
  • edgelord
  • flat outphrase
  • forthright
  • forthrightness
  • outspoken
  • plain speaking
  • plain-spoken
  • plainness
  • point-blank
  • shoot
  • suffer
  • vocal
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Not saying much

Related words

tersely
terseness
(Definition oftersefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

terse| American Dictionary

terse
adjective
us
/tɜrs/
using few words:
He wasshoutingterseordersforvehiclestopullover.

tersely

adverbus
/ˈtɜr·sli/
"Storm coming," he said tersely.
(Definition oftersefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofterse

terse
However, it will be convenient to give atersesummary of the notions of (bi)simulations, presented within our own framework.
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The more sparse andtersethe language became, the more space opened up for the visual and musical inventions.
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One part of beingterseis avoiding duplicated code.
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Magnitudes, events, and event lists are described using class messages that create instances, or using immediate objects and thetersepostfix operators demonstrated below.
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I do not feel the lack of anything in this introduction except for breathing space; it is veryterseand condensed.
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This is a verytersebook, only 159 pages, but it deals skilfully with a number of themes.
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Scales of this type areterse, efficient, and seemingly straightforward in their application.
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And its interpretation required the completion of two ellipses, one in each of itstersesentences.
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Structure editing of aterse, expression-based language is painful, and we therefore decided to provide a simple text editor within the system.
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In part, then, this is a work of history (and certain admirablytersepassages of historical summary suggest the hand of the professional historian).
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This section assumes the reader has read the previous translation and is therefore somewhat moreterse.
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This style isterse, and well-adapted for proving properties, but does not usually suggest a type inference algorithm.
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The information assessing the national condition was relativelyterseas well.
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Indeed, itsterse, direct expression imparts its own specific quality.
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Thisterserecord refers to extraordinary events surrounding this woman.
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