blunt

英 [blʌnt]

美 [blʌnt]

adj. 不锋利的; 钝的; 嘴直的; 直言的
v. 使减弱; 使降低效应; 使(尖端、刃)变钝

比较级：blunter　过去分词：blunted　第三人称单数：blunts　现在分词：blunting　过去式：blunted　最高级：bluntest　

Collins.2 / BNC.8413 / COCA.7053

同义词辨析

plain blunt candid direct frank【导航词义：坦率的】

plainadj. 坦白的，直率的

〔辨析〕

强调坦诚的、如实表达所思所想的。

〔例证〕

She expected to have some plain and truthful answers.
她期待能得到一些坦率而真实的回答。

bluntadj. 耿直的，不客气的

〔辨析〕

强调直言不讳的，即便可能使别人不悦。

〔例证〕

To be blunt, many of the candidates only have a low level of English.
说得不客气一点，很多申请人英语水平都不高。
Her blunt words hurt him so much.
她唐突的话语大大地伤害了他。

candidadj. 坦诚的，直言不讳的

〔辨析〕

强调直率的，即使事实令人不舒服或尴尬也要直言相告，不加以隐瞒。

〔例证〕

The conversation between the two leaders was direct and candid.
两位领导人的谈话直率而坦诚。
What a brutally candid assessment!
真是无情的直率评价！

directadj. 率直的，直截了当的

〔辨析〕

强调不拐弯抹角的。

〔例证〕

Please give me a direct answer.
请正面回答我的问题。
She sometimes feels that her husband is too direct.
她有时觉得她丈夫太率直了。

frankadj. 坦率的，坦诚的

〔辨析〕

强调有话直说的，不隐瞒自己的观点、意见等。

〔例证〕

We have had a frank talk.
我们有过坦率的交谈。
He was perhaps not entirely frank with you.
他对你也许不完全坦诚。

adj.

verb

使减弱；使降低效应
to make sth weaker or less effective
1. Age hadn't blunted his passion for adventure.
  岁月没有冲淡他的冒险激情。
使（尖端、刃）变钝
to make a point or an edge less sharp

ADJ-GRADED 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的
If you areblunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
1. She is blunt about her personal life...
  她对自己的私生活直言不讳。
2. 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。
ADJ （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的
Abluntobject has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one.
1. 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。
（刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的
Abluntknife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well.
VERB 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝
If somethingbluntsan emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it.
1. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it...
  反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
2. Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
  喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。

verb

make less lively, intense, or vigorous
1. Terror blunted her feelings
2. deaden a sound
Synonym:deaden
make less sharp
1. blunt the knives
make less intense
1. blunted emotions
make dull or blunt
1. Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Synonym:dull
make numb or insensitive
1. The shock numbed her senses
Synonym:numbbenumbdull

adj

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
1. the blunt truth
2. the crude facts
3. facing the stark reality of the deadline
Synonym:crude(a)stark(a)
characterized by directness in manner or speech
1. blunt talking and straight shooting
2. a blunt New England farmer
3. I gave them my candid opinion
4. forthright criticism
5. a forthright approach to the problem
6. tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
7. it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
8. plainspoken and to the point
9. a point-blank accusation
Synonym:candidforthrightfrankfree-spokenoutspokenplainspokenpoint-blankstraight-from-the-shoulder
used of a knife or other blade
1. a blunt instrument
having a broad or rounded end
1. thick marks made by a blunt pencil

She is blunt about her personal life
她对自己的私生活直言不讳。
He's a blunt guy and always shoots his mouth off.
他是个炮筒子，什么话都藏不住。
She gave us a blunt refusal.
她毫不客气地拒绝了我们。
I hate to be blunt, Frankie, but she just didn't strike me as being very ladylike
恕我直言，弗朗基，我觉得她不是个十足的淑女。
The pencil is blunt.
铅笔秃了。
This old man is also blunt, squatting inside the seat being.
这老头也不客气，进屋蹲在了正座上。
We thought we had found a way to blunt the obsession with Vietnam.
我们认为我们找到了冲淡对越南问题注意力的方法。
He is sharpening a pair of blunt scissors with a whetstone.
他在用磨刀石磨一把不锋利的剪刀。
The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument.
警察说他遭到了钝器袭击。
My pencil is blunt, could you lend me a knife to sharpen it?
我的铅笔钝了，你能借我把刀子削一削吗？