Bluntness
['blʌntnɪs]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of being direct and outspoken; 'the bluntness of a Yorkshireman'.
整理:莉莲--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.
(n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
编辑:苏珊娜
例句:
- Thy language, answered Rowena, hath in its indifferent bluntness something which cannot be reconciled with the horrors it seems to express. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Not from you, it doesn't sound natural, and I like your old bluntness better. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Come, friends, she added, changing at once from bluntness to courtesy, oblige me by taking your cans and going home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
整理:罗莎