blunt - Meaning, pronunciation, collocation and usage 英漢雙解 | Mr. Ng 線上詞典

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blunt

Word forms: comparative blunter, superlative bluntest, 3rd person singular present tense blunts, present participle blunting, past tense , past participle blunted

1 ADJ-GRADED 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的 If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite. 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的

She is blunt about her personal life.

她对自己的私生活直言不讳。
She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.

她直截了当地告诉业界，这种歧视是完全无法接受的。

SYN frank, forthright, straightforward, explicit

bluntly

bluntness

2 ADJ [ADJ n] （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的 A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one. （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的

One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.

他们中有一个人的头部被钝器击打13次。

3 ADJ-GRADED （刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的 A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well. （刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的

4 VERB 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝 If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it. 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝

The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it. [VERB noun]

反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
Our appetite was blunted by the beer. [VERB noun]

喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。