" Thank you, all right, " he said, with brusque civility.

“好吧，谢谢你，” 他礼貌又冷淡地说道。

It can be much more brusque and to the point.

这可能会更加简短生硬，并且直切要点。

Writers must sometimes opt for being brusque but effective instead of sympathetic but ignored.

写作者有时必须简短有效，哪怕失之无礼也好过委婉体贴，但被人忽视。

The eponymous founder of his school of linguistics has offered only a brusque riposte.

创立了其同名语言学派的乔姆斯基对此只给出了简短的回应。

Jo added the notion that brusque, ungainly kids could go out and do and still get a man.

乔强化了直率、笨拙的孩子们可以出去工作、可以去追求男人的观念。

At first he thought that Dirk was the cause of the disaster, and he was needlessly brusque with him.

最初他还以为戴尔克是罪魁祸首，毫无必要地顶撞了他几句。

Too brusque, Alayne thought. She should have greeted him with a smile, told him how strong and brave he looks.

你太唐突了，阿莲心想，你应该微笑着哄他，告诉他他有多么强壮勇敢。

And because we don't need to be friends with our virtual assistants, we can be brusque and to the point.

并且因为我们不需要跟我们的虚拟助手交朋友，所以我们的话可以简短生硬，并且直切要点。

Well, Dan, I don't mean to be brusque but it is time for the answer to this week's quiz question.

好的，丹，我并不是故意要简短生硬，但是现在是时候揭晓本周问题的答案了。

There was a short brusque editorial on another page.

另一页上有一篇简短的社论。