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单词 tersely
释义
tersely
adverb
uk
/ˈtɜːs.li/us
/ˈtɝːs.li/
using few words, sometimes in a way thatseemsrudeorunfriendly:
简短生硬地；简要地
"Storm coming," he said tersely.“暴风雨要来了，”他生硬地说。
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  • "Yes, I do," he said tersely inanswerto the firstquestionof thedebate- whether hethoughthe could "do abetterjob" than thepresident.
  • Both haveissuedterselywordedstatementsexpressing''concern''.
  • TheVaticanpressofficeissueditsownmedicalbulletinevery fewdays, terselydescribinghiscontinuedimprovement.
  • "Don'tdrawattentionto me," shewhisperstersely.
  • Mr Blairrepliedtersely: 'No, I won't.'
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Not saying much
(Definition ofterselyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftersely

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For reasons of space, these suggestions will be stated somewhatterselyand without elaboration.
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The melody for this song is compact,terselysyllabic.
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The reason,terselyput, is that history is not self-interpreting and even at its most obliging it delivers to us concepts or principles that are not self-defining or self-limiting.
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For the sake of convenience, weterselyreview the relevant definitions and connections, although the reader is expected to have some basic knowledge of graphs, matroids and linear algebra.
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In this paper we have demonstrated that typed feature structures canterselyexpress and solve simple, apparently finite-domain, generation of alternative mappings of function into form in the building domain.
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He said ratherterselythat he would prefer to have a steel helmet.
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I did not expect that the truth, soterselystated, would have evoked such hilarity.
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It was doneterselyand casually, and in a way which seemed to be quite ill-informed.
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It could not be put moreterselyor more correctly.
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If we are, as heterselyputs it, squealing at all it is because we are not protecting our shipping adequately.
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I am coming round to the opposite point of view, but he has given me the opportunity to make it moretersely.
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That, put briefly andtersely, is the reason why they propose to make this change.
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The case can be put simply andtersely.
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I regretted that it was necessary for him to do so, but his contribution was extremely valuable and most concisely andterselyput.
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I put it rathertersely, because it ought to be so put at this stage.
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