喜樂美語
  1. 1簡慢的、語氣生硬的

    If a person is brusque, they use very few words, and the short, sharp way they speak or act feels rude, even when they are only trying to be quick.

    If a person is brusque如果一個人是brusque的 they use very few words他們講話用字很少 and the short, sharp way they speak or act feels rude那種簡短又尖銳的說話或行為方式讓人覺得沒禮貌 even when they are only trying to be quick即使他們只是想要快一點

    A brusque answer might be “No. Next.” — correct, but hard.

    A brusque answer might be一個brusque的回答可能就是 "No. Next."「不。下一個。」 correct, but hard沒說錯，但很生硬

    It is about manner, not about using bad words.

    It is about manner重點在於態度 not about using bad words不是在講粗話

    The word sounds a little formal; you meet it in books, news, and careful speech more than in playground talk. A doctor in a hurry, a boss with no time, a stranger who does not smile — people call them brusque.

    The word sounds a little formal這個字聽起來有點正式 you meet it in books, news, and careful speech你會在書、新聞和講究的言談裡遇到它 more than in playground talk比在小孩玩耍時的閒聊裡常見。A doctor in a hurry, a boss with no time, a stranger who does not smile趕時間的醫生、沒空的老闆、不笑的陌生人 people call them brusque大家會說他們brusque。

    Though actually, some people are brusque without meaning harm; they think they are being clear. Others hear it as cold. That gap is the whole point of the word.

    Though actually不過其實 some people are brusque without meaning harm有些人brusque並不是故意要傷人 they think they are being clear他們以為自己只是講清楚。Others hear it as cold但別人聽起來卻覺得冷淡。That gap is the whole point of the word這個落差就是這個字的重點所在

core核心畫面

組成Borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“sudden, sharp, sour, grim-looking”). Where Italian got it is not known. English later made a verb from the adjective, but the word you need is almost always the adjective.

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Brusquename詞源 1

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    A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Brusquename詞源 2

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    A commune of Aveyron department, Occitania, France.

brusqueadj/bɹʊsk/

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    Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

    • Mr. VValler, being probably of opinion that Monſieur Palamede’s arguments vvere too bruſque to be advanc’d in a diſpute vvith a Lady, vvho number’d not fevver than tvventy Kings of her progenitors, vvrote this poem in a more tender and courtly ſtyle; […]
    • [A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.
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    obsoleteSour, tart.

    • [T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.

brusqueverb/bɹʊsk/

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    archaicTo act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.

    • Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
    • He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined.

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