英语词汇“terseness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Everything about him is tidy, from his terse wit to the flecks of gray hair that fall in precise iterations around the edges of his scalp.

Devin Gordon, Newsweek, 29 July 2002 … Johnston stays bolted to the wheelhouse floor, wrestling the helm and jotting down notes in the ship log. His entries are terse, bullet descriptions of the unending chaos outside.

Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, 1997 This vicious cycle was captured succinctly in Gandhi's terse warning that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

David McCabe, Commonweal, 11 Apr. 1997 She accepts the caller's terse expression of sympathy and duly expresses in return her appreciation for that unenviable bit of message-bearing.

John Barth, Harper's, January 1994 She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room. could tell from his terse replies to my questions that he was in no mood to talk See More

Recent Examples on the Web The other likely reason for his terse demeanor was his performance on Saturday.

Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022 Utah Democratic Party spokesperson Ben Anderson offered a terse comment on Sinema’s visit.

Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Passalis’ script, co-written with Eleni Vergeti, is terse, yet there are whole dialogues of chemistry going on in the exchanges between his kind, crinkling eyes and her open, anxious gaze.

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 July 2022 Yet while Lader and Walker’s script teases a more acidic strain of social satire, the film’s generally terse approach extends to its commentary.

Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022 The information was terse, only that Giffords had been shot.

Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 The dialogue is terse, aphoristic, cutting, and delivered frankly, plainly, with little artifice or mannerism.

Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021 His exchanges with Rob are terse to the point of being hostile.

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2021 As a result, communication with his team was terse and brief.

Ashton Shanks, Forbes, 25 May 2021 See More

单词	terseness
释义	terse adjective ˈtərs terser; tersest 1 : using few words : devoid of superfluity a terse summary also : short, brusque dismissed me with a terse "no" 2 : smoothly elegant : polished tersely adverb terseness noun Synonyms aphoristic apothegmatic brief capsule compact compendious concise crisp curt elliptical elliptic epigrammatic laconic monosyllabic pithy sententious succinct summary telegraphic thumbnail See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Everything about him is tidy, from his terse wit to the flecks of gray hair that fall in precise iterations around the edges of his scalp. Devin Gordon, Newsweek, 29 July 2002 … Johnston stays bolted to the wheelhouse floor, wrestling the helm and jotting down notes in the ship log. His entries are terse, bullet descriptions of the unending chaos outside. Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, 1997 This vicious cycle was captured succinctly in Gandhi's terse warning that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. David McCabe, Commonweal, 11 Apr. 1997 She accepts the caller's terse expression of sympathy and duly expresses in return her appreciation for that unenviable bit of message-bearing. John Barth, Harper's, January 1994 She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room. could tell from his terse replies to my questions that he was in no mood to talk See More Recent Examples on the Web The other likely reason for his terse demeanor was his performance on Saturday. Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022 Utah Democratic Party spokesperson Ben Anderson offered a terse comment on Sinema’s visit. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Passalis’ script, co-written with Eleni Vergeti, is terse, yet there are whole dialogues of chemistry going on in the exchanges between his kind, crinkling eyes and her open, anxious gaze. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 July 2022 Yet while Lader and Walker’s script teases a more acidic strain of social satire, the film’s generally terse approach extends to its commentary. Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022 The information was terse, only that Giffords had been shot. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 The dialogue is terse, aphoristic, cutting, and delivered frankly, plainly, with little artifice or mannerism. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021 His exchanges with Rob are terse to the point of being hostile. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2021 As a result, communication with his team was terse and brief. Ashton Shanks, Forbes, 25 May 2021 See More Word History Etymology Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergēre to wipe off First Known Use 1601, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Kids Definition terse adjective ˈtərs terser; tersest : being brief and to the point a terse statement terseness noun as in concision the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning the terseness of my replies simply meant that I was too busy to talk at that time Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance concision conciseness succinctness compactness shortness bluntness brevity crispness pithiness brusqueness abruptness sententiousness briefness curtness Antonyms & Near Antonyms verbosity wordiness prolixity diffuseness long-windedness repetitiousness periphrasis repetitiveness redundancy tautology pleonasm See More
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