Before we start, let me be blunt.

我们开始前，我先把话说清楚。

Let me be blunt too many countries are headed in the wrong direction.

让我直截了当说，太多的国家正朝着错误的方向前进。

The knife was too blunt to cut through the tough meat.

这把刀太钝了，切不开坚硬的肉。

Whereas Mr Flint was seen as a cerebral introvert, Mr Quinn is forthcoming, verging on blunt.

范宁被认为是一个理性内向的，而奎恩则很直率，近乎直言不讳。

Ours are very blunt in a way.

我们的在某一方面更为直接。

Bans and taxes can be blunt instruments, but their harshest critics can rarely suggest better methods.

禁令和税收可能不够一针见血，但对其最严厉的批评者却很少能提出更好的方法。

To do so, he took the unusual step of personally telephoning the AFP news agency and dictating this blunt statement.

他取了不同寻常的举措，那就是亲自打电话给美联社，并发表意思明确的声明。

Their sensations are not blunted by the incessant abuse of the spur and the whip.

它们的感知并没有因鞭子的不停抽打而变得迟钝。

Pigs have blunt, thick ones, useful for crushing hard roots and seeds.

猪有又钝又厚的牙齿，有利于压碎坚硬的根和种子。

Hopelessly outmatched, Arthur charged nonetheless, whacking Accolon about the head with his blunt blade.

亚瑟无可被击败了，尽管如此，他还是冲锋在前，用他的钝刃猛击阿科隆的头部。

He knew what she had done and why she had done it and he did not seem to think the less of her for it. And though his questions were unpleasantly blunt, they seemed actuated by a friendly interest.

他了解她所做的一切，以及她为什么要这样做，但似乎他没因此而看不起她，而且，虽然他提出的问题一针见血，令讨厌，但好像还是出于一片友好的关心。

This knife is blunt. Give me another.

这把刀很钝。给我另一把。

The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.

他们用以遮饰自己毫无价值的思想的虚假夸大使他们的感受力变得迟钝不堪。

The blunt end had been trimmed and rounded off with a knife.

较钝的那一头，是被刀削过的。

Abrupt and blunt in his whole being.

他的出现唐突而冒昧。

He was very blunt and honest, but he also had a big heart.

他非常直率和诚实，但也非常热心。

Now some folks are going to blunt and say it looks " fakey" but like pizza, all the boards are boneless and if you add anchovies they come with a built in " stalefish" .

有些会说，这个滑板看起来很假，但就像披萨，所有的披萨都是无骨的，如果你加入凤尾鱼，他们就会附增你一块" 滑板" 。

For example, she recounts first-year conversations with her classmate Leslie Tucker, whose blunt, direct criticism taught Maria that " to have a clear view of the world, you have to ask yourself the toughest questions."

例如，她讲述了第一年与同莱斯利·塔克的对话，后者生硬又直接的批评让玛丽亚懂得了“要想对世界有清晰的认识，就必须问自己最棘手的问题。”

But let's be blunt about it: when we say those words, what we really mean is the poor world—those corners of the world with ready-made containers for the hand-me-down ideas of other places and other people.

当我们说那些词的时候，我们真正想说的是贫穷世界——那个用着别想出来的、现成创意的世界。

Try not to be too blunt here.

不要太生硬。