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学莱斯利·塔克对话，后者又直接批评让玛丽亚懂了“要想对世界有清晰认识，就必须问自己最棘手问题。”

" Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intelligent, or a solid scientist or something that's clearly solid praise, ' but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind."

“与那些优秀推荐信相比，一封还不错推荐信则会写：'该申请者效率高或很聪明，是一位可靠科学家，或者是一些显然赞美之词，' 但这并没有能让这位申请者脱颖而出。”

That prompted a curt response from committee Chairman Robert Menendez.

这一要委员会主席罗伯特·梅内德斯回应。

He did not speak except in gruff monosyllables.

他说话时，除了单音节词，别什么也不说。

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

确实存在手段，从强制退休年龄明确任期限制。

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

他声音带着味道。“你把它开回家。”

The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn.

月亮升更高了，海湾里飘着一副三角形银色天秤，随着草坪上班卓琴节奏微微颤动。

We can break the turn down into two: firstly, point down the hill, let me come around, and then we gonna start the turn gradually up hill, make it a smooth brake not sharp one, have a watch.

首先，向山下滑去，我来演示一下，然后我们开始慢慢向山上转弯，使其制动平滑，不是那样转上去。就像这样。

In an atomised age, in which the default tone is abrasive, a beloved figure's death is a chance to share benign feelings and memories with fellow admirers.

在这个原子化时代，人们默认语气是，而一个所爱人物离世让人们有机会与其他仰慕者分享良性情感和回忆。

Doing fifteen minutes of practice every day is much better than doing four hours of solid English practice on a Sunday afternoon.

每天练习十五分钟比在周日下午进行四小时英语训练可好多了。

" There is no doubt we face profound economic challenges, " Mr. Sunak said in brief, somewhat stiff, remarks after his victory.

“毫无疑问，我们面临着深刻济挑战，”苏纳克在胜选后发表了简短而有些评论。

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

“是。”他换了完全不同语调，“你已注意我对英格姆小姐爱慕，是不是？

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、不以为然痛苦和惊讶表情。

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、灼热感觉。

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

比尔语气不再，他眼睛里突然闪过一丝兴趣。

It's about avoiding choppy, abrupt speech.

它目是避免断断续续、发音。

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

巴蒂·克劳奇是一个五十来岁男人，腰板挺直，动作，穿着一尘不染挺括西装，打着领带。

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。”巴罗先用语气答道。