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单词 directness
释义
directness
noun[U]
uk
/daɪˈrekt.nəs//dɪˈrekt.nəs/us
/daɪˈrekt.nəs//dɪˈrekt.nəs/

directnessnoun[U](HONESTY)

thequalityof saying what youthinkin a veryhonestway, withoutworryingabout other people'sopinions:
直率，坦率
Theirworkhas a directness andemotionalhonestythat'sdifficulttofindincontemporaryart.他们的作品直截了当，情感真诚，这在当代艺术中很难见到。
Hehandledtheembarrassingcrisiswithcharacteristicdirectness.他以自己独特的直截了当的态度化解了这场尴尬的危机。
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  • Thebooktreatsadifficultsubjectwithgreatsimplicityand directness.
  • What makes us mostuncomfortableis the film'semotionaldirectness.
  • Headdressesthisbigtopicwith arefreshingdirectness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • bald
  • baldly
  • baldness
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • edgelord
  • flat outphrase
  • forthright
  • forthrightness
  • forwardness
  • plain speaking
  • plain-spoken
  • plainness
  • point-blank
  • pull
  • shoot
  • suffer
  • vocal
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directnessnoun[U](STRAIGHTNESS)

thequalityofmovingin astraightlinetowards something or someone withoutstoppingorchangingdirection:
直接
He will alwaystroubledefenderswith thespeedand directness of hisrunning.他总是会以跑动的速度和直接性给防守者带来麻烦。
Theydeservedvictoryfor agreatervarietyand directness inattack.他们的进攻手段既丰富又直接，理应获得胜利。
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direct
More examples
  • UK Cyclists have beendirectedtoformerwalkwaysinordertoimprovethe directness oftheirjourneys.
  • Integration withvehiculartrafficwould beacceptable,providedthat directness ofroutewas in no waycompromised.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
  • acute
  • angle of incidence
  • angularity
  • antinode
  • asymptote
  • asymptotic
  • circuitous
  • equilateral
  • glancing
  • indirect
  • noncollinear
  • obliquely
  • obtuse
  • orthogonal
  • osculate
  • perpendicularly
  • projection
  • prominent
  • rectilinear
  • reflection
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(Definition ofdirectnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

directness| American Dictionary

directness
noun[U]
us
/dəˈrekt·nəs,dɑɪ-/
a veryhonestway of saying what youmean
(Definition ofdirectnessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirectness

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That personal vocaldirectnessis now returning via the microphone.
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Directnessof communication is not to be confused with simplicity of message.
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Such lack ofdirectness, endemic to the process, is a poor basis for hiring residents.
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Of loving thedirectnessof their language, of their saying exactly and deliberately what they mean.
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They have been seen as an essential part of successful recipes for generating and sustaining the effect of 'directness'.
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They call on a matter of factdirectnessthat seeks only to remove manual drudgery.
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In light of thedirectnessof this mapping, the amplitude mapping is not so simple.
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I was struck by thedirectnessand the clarity of the prose; the sharp insights and fascinating historical detail.
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The space of the auditorium succeeds because of the almost primitivedirectnesswith which the intention is translated into form.
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The way the mechanisms supporting these features are related to the design goal ofdirectnessis also discussed.
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The second aspect ofdirectnessis a feeling of direct engagement : 'the feeling that one is directly manipulating the objects of interest'.
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Clarity anddirectnessof message are self-evident throughout.
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This confusion of surface gives emphasis to form, but complicates thedirectnessof experience.
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Actually, bothdirectnessand indirectness are relative concepts rather than absolute ones.
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Instead, the reader's sense is above all one of urgency and compression and unusualdirectness.
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