blunter
常考释义
1.不锋利的；钝的without a sharp edge or point
a blunt knife钝刀子
This pencil's blunt !这支铅笔不尖了！
The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument .警方说他遭到了钝器袭击。
2.嘴直的；直言的very direct; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite
She has a reputation for blunt speaking.她说话出了名地直截了当。
To be blunt, your work is appalling.坦率地说，你的活干得糟透了。
1.~ sth使减弱；使降低效应to make sth weaker or less effective
Age hadn't blunted his passion for adventure.岁月没有冲淡他的冒险激情。
2.~ sth使（尖端、刃）变钝to make a point or an edge less sharp
"We've got to be much blunter about out plans for public spending, " Byrne said in an interview with the Times newspaper.
Byrne在接受英国泰晤士报采访时表示，“我们必须在公共支出计划上更加坦率。”
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。
Raising interest rates would have been another, much blunter solution to the problem of an overheating housing market.
提升利率是另一个解决过热的房地产市场的略显拙劣的方案。
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is blunter: He says adopting the euro now would be 'economic suicide. '
反对派领导人卡钦斯基（JaroslawKaczynski）说的更是直白：他说现在加入欧元区对波兰经济来说无异于自杀。
Henry Kissinger, as America's secretary of state, was even blunter two years later.
两年后，美国国务卿亨瑞•基辛格（HenryKissinger）对他甚至更加针锋相对。
Other senior figures in the ruling establishment have been even blunter.
另外一些统治机构资深人物更是直言不讳。
Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, could hardly have been blunter.
印度总理曼莫汉•辛格（ManmohanSingh）几乎不可能更直率了。
In private, Mr Lee was blunter: "You guys are giving China a free run in Asia, " the Financial Times reports him saying.
《金融时报》还报道了李光耀在私下说的一句话，“你们是在放纵中国在亚洲的权力。”
Mr. Buffett's long-time partner, Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger, was blunter in his criticisms of Wall Street.
巴菲特的长期合作伙伴、伯克希尔副董事长芒格（CharlieMunger）更为直言不讳地批评华尔街。
In an interview with CNN this month, Mr Wen's comments were even blunter.
本月接受美国有线电视新闻网CNN采访时，温家宝的言论更加直白。
A report released last Friday by JPMorgan Chase was even blunter.
上周五由摩根大通银行发布的报告讲得更是直白。
Mr Babbage is blunter: "Current defence planning is invalid, " he says.
Babbage先生是个直率的人：“目前的防御计划已经无效了，”他说。
Mr King was blunter: the economy, he reckoned, had grown by only around 1% in the past year.
金恩却更加直言不讳：他认为，在过去的一年中经济只增长了1%。
Is the red pencil blunter than the green one?
红色铅笔比绿色铅笔钝吗？
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