But New York is the most polite place in the world, according to a survey which ranked its famously brusque citizens well ahead of those in London in kindness and good manners.(但是根据《读者文摘》杂志的一次调查,纽约是世界上最有礼貌的地方。该调查表明在热心助人和礼貌待人方面,以直率而闻名的纽约市民遥遥领先于伦敦市民。)
To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'.(对他们而言,她并不是盲目的狂热,而是适度的热情。)
Another scheme, Sobriety 24/7, takes the same brusque approach with repeat drunk-drivers in South Dakota, testing them twice a day to see if they have had a drink.(另一个项目为“24/7戒毒”。该项目对南达科他州屡次醉驾人员采用同样的强制措施,每天检测两次,看其是否饮酒。)
For all his brusque bullheadedness, he had taken great risks to win a more secure future for Israel.(不论他有多么鲁莽和固执,巴拉克为了为以色列争取一个更加安全的未来,总是甘冒更大的风险。)
The doctors are brusque and busy.(医生们十分忙碌,说话简短生硬。)
Mr Aczel's research is thorough and his conclusions interesting. It is all the sadder that the cramped style and brusque pace limit his book's appeal.(艾克塞尔先生的研究深入透彻,结论引人关注。但非常遗憾的是,该书篇幅有限同时又仓促出稿,其吸引力便打了一些折扣。)
But Mr Fenty's brusque style has alienated many of his constituents.(但是芬提莽撞的风格疏远了很多选民。)
She was offended by his brusque reply.(他那种粗暴的回答使她听了很不舒服。)
Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls.(坚持一个唐突的保安作为她的伴侣,她试图不让她的心捉弄她,她在空荡荡的大厅。)
His manner was self-assured and brusque.(他的举止自负而且粗鲁。)