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

adj

Terse means brief, or using very few words. If your teacher tells you to make your writing in your essay style terse and to the point, he's saying use as few words as you can and be simple and clear.

A terse reply or command may seem rude or unfriendly––but the word terse itself doesn't mean unfriendly or rude. Synonyms are succinct or concise, though these words have a more positive tone. The adjective terse is from Latin tersus "clean, neat," from tergere "to rub off, wipe, polish." Polished language is neatly concise.

WORD FAMILY

terse: tersely, terseness, terser, tersest

USAGE EXAMPLES

The academy’s terse reply only stoked the flames.

New York Times(May 25, 2016)

There was no argument over the phone, no terse emails, no nothing.

Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016)

The terse title of their new paper in Science Advances nicely sums up the findings: “Monkey Vocal Tracts Are Speech-Ready.”

New York Times(Dec 09, 2016)

adj brief and to the point; effectively cut short

short and terse and easy to understand

Syn

crisp, curt, laconic
concise

expressing much in few words

单词	terse
释义	terse (once / 2187 pages) adj Terse means brief, or using very few words. If your teacher tells you to make your writing in your essay style terse and to the point, he's saying use as few words as you can and be simple and clear. A terse reply or command may seem rude or unfriendly––but the word terse itself doesn't mean unfriendly or rude. Synonyms are succinct or concise, though these words have a more positive tone. The adjective terse is from Latin tersus "clean, neat," from tergere "to rub off, wipe, polish." Polished language is neatly concise. WORD FAMILY terse: tersely, terseness, terser, tersest USAGE EXAMPLES The academy’s terse reply only stoked the flames. New York Times(May 25, 2016) There was no argument over the phone, no terse emails, no nothing. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) The terse title of their new paper in Science Advances nicely sums up the findings: “Monkey Vocal Tracts Are Speech-Ready.” New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) adj brief and to the point; effectively cut short short and terse and easy to understand Syn crisp, curt, laconic concise expressing much in few words
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