terse

英 [tɜːs]

美 [tɜːrs]

adj.  简要的; 简短生硬的

比较级：terser　

IELTSGRETEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• The attention to detail even extends to a Chinese foreign ministry news briefing early on in the show, which replicates the real thing almost exactly, from the familiar blue backdrop to the terse and irritated tone.
  该剧对细节的关注甚至还扩展到了早先情节中的一场中国外交部新闻发布会上，剧中场景几乎完全复制了真实情景，从熟悉的蓝色背景到发言人简练恼怒的语调。
• It would say, for example, 0 – 9. Short, terse, but very effective.
  比如说它显示0~9，简短、简洁，而且非常有效。
• The language is terse and precise.
  书中语言简洁而准确。
• 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。
• This design is an interesting mini number guessing game with a terse and graceful surface in style.
  本次课题设计的即一款界面简洁、大方，休闲有趣的小型猜数游戏系统。
• The terse syntax is attractive to professional programmer, and the compilers generate very deficient object code.
  C语言简洁的语法对专业编程人员很有吸引力，而且它的编译程序能够产生高效的目标代码。
• 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。
• YAML is terse, but still readable.
  YAML很简洁，但仍然具有可读性。