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源自中古英语 blunt,可能来自古挪威语 blundr(打瞌睡),与迟钝的概念相关。14世纪开始用于描述不锋利的物体,16世纪引申出直言不讳的含义。
❶ 形容物体边缘或尖端不锋利,缺乏锐利感。也可形容人的言谈直率到显得粗鲁。
“The knife is too blunt to cut the tomato.”
(这把刀太钝了,切不动番茄。)
“She gave a blunt reply without any sugarcoating.”
(她直接给出了不加修饰的答复。)
❶ 使物体变钝或减弱某物的效果,也可指让人失去敏锐的感觉。
“Cutting hard materials will blunt your knife quickly.”
(切割硬质材料会很快让你的刀变钝。)
“The medication blunted his sense of pain.”
(药物减弱了他的痛感。)
blunt instrument — 指作案用的钝器,也比喻简单粗暴的解决方法。
“The murder weapon was probably a blunt instrument like a hammer.”
(凶器可能是锤子之类的钝器。)
blunt the edge — 字面指使刃口变钝,比喻削弱某事物的效力或冲击力。
“Adding too many exceptions will blunt the edge of this policy.”
(添加过多例外情况会削弱这项政策的效力。)