blunter

英 [ˈblʌntə]

美 [ˈblʌntər]

adj.  不锋利的; 钝的; 嘴直的; 直言的
blunt的比较级

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• Is the red pencil blunter than the green one?
  那支红色的铅笔比那支绿色的铅笔钝吗？
• Mr Cassano was even blunter, telling investors in August 2007 that without being flippant the company could not envisage a scenario that would see us losing$ 1 in any of those transactions.
  卡萨诺更直言不讳，他在2007年8月告诉投资人说，毫不轻率地说，公司想不出我们在所有那些交易中亏损1美元的情形。
• Mr Babbage is blunter: "current defence planning is invalid," he says.
  巴贝奇先生更加直率，他说：“目前的防务设计完全没有作用”。
• But are such examples merely eye-catching quirks while the rest of the corporate world continues to use the rather blunter instrument of simply firing people, or do they highlight a new way of working?
  不过，在其它企业继续采用裁员的生硬手段时，这些例子不过是吸引眼球的怪异之举，还是突显出了一种新的工作方式？
• It might also cut down on flexibility by forcing companies that have used tailor-made products to use blunter instruments.
  这种做法可能还会降低灵活性那些过去使用定制产品的公司将被迫转而使用较为低级的工具。
• "Men tend to be blunter in the workplace," says Michael Crom, executive vice president at Dale Carnegie Training." It would be nice if they would cushion things a little better. "
  DaleCarnegieTraining公司的副总裁MichaelCrom说：“职场上的男性比较生硬，如果他们处理事情的时候能够圆滑点就更好了。”
• This blade starts out as sharp as the sharpest razor blade that humans have developed.'But over time the teeth become blunter and the cutting job slows down.
  这些身强力壮的切叶蚁用它们锐利的牙齿做起这种工作来很有效率，但是随着年龄的增长，它们的牙齿也会变得破旧而迟钝。
• Thy edge should blunter be than appetite.
  让你的锋芒钝的比食欲还快。
• Point-to-point suborbital travel would require a different design, such as a blunter shape to better handle the higher speeds and heat of atmospheric re-entry, and a more powerful rocket engine.
  点对点的亚轨道旅游需要一个不同的设计，如顿的形状更好的掌握速度但是进入大气温度却很高需要一个更强大的火箭发动机。