That prompted a curt response from committee Chairman Robert Menendez.

这一要求得到委员会主席罗伯特·德斯生硬回应。

He did not speak except in gruff monosyllables.

他说话时，除了生硬单音节词，别什么也不说。

Blunt instruments do exist, from mandatory retirement ages to explicit term limits.

确实存在生硬手段，从强制退休年龄到明确任期限制。

His voice had a hard edge. You're driving it home.

他声音带着生硬味道。“你把它开回家。”

It's about avoiding choppy, abrupt speech.

它目是避免断断续续、生硬发音。

Barty Crouch was a stiff, upright, elderly man, dressed in an impeccably crisp suit and tie.

巴蒂·克劳奇是一五十来岁男人，腰板挺直，动作生硬，穿着一尘不染挺括西装，打着领带。

A hard, mocking edge entered his voice.

生硬和嘲弄色彩渗进了他声音。

'Yes, 'he said in quite a different, hard voice, you've noticed my love for Miss Ingram, haven't you?

“是。”他换了完全不同生硬语调，“你已经注意到我对英格姆小姐爱慕，是不是？

Because this tropical sensation can leave you with a kind of raw, burning feeling in your mouth.

因为这种热带食物会让你嘴里有一种生硬、灼热感觉。

Bill's tone was no longer curt, and a sudden look of interest had flashed into his eyes.

语气不再生硬，他眼睛里突然闪过一丝兴趣。

It's a harsh and blunt method of dealing with criminals based on anger and fear rather than wisdom.

这是一种基于愤怒和恐惧而不是智慧来对付罪犯严厉而生硬方法。

" Again? " Fanny's kind, rather moon-like face took on an incongruous expression of pained and disapproving astonishment.

“又是福斯特？”范尼颇像满月脸上露出一种生硬、不以为然痛苦和惊讶表情。

Instead of bookshelves, this wall was crowded with framed pictures of all sizes, some in vibrant colors, others dull monochromes.

这面墙上没有书架，却挂满了各种尺寸镶着相框照片。有些是模糊生硬彩色照片，另一些则是黯淡黑白照片。

" He's dead, ma'am, " Mr. Barrow answered with jerky brusqueness.

“他死了，夫人。”巴罗先生用生硬语气答道。

Yeah, we would pronounce it with you as harsh.

是，我们会把它发成和你一样生硬音。

But we just use it just by itself, like harsh.

但我们只是单独使用它，就像很生硬那种。

And you'll hear when I read this that it has a stilted harsh rhythm.

你会在我读这段时听到，它有一种做作生硬节奏。

We have these more polite, less harsh ways to say it.

我们有这些更礼貌、不那么生硬说法。

So I guess maybe the interest rate isn't quite so blunt an instrument after all.

所以我想也许利率并不是那么生硬工具。

OK, so let's just begin with a greeting that feels not too manufactured or unenthusiastic.

好，那我们就从一不那么生硬或缺乏热情问候开始吧。