That prompted a curt response from committee Chairman Robert Menendez.

这一要求得到委席罗伯特·梅内德斯的回应。

He did not speak except in gruff monosyllables.

说话时，除了的单音节词，别的什么也不说。

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

确实存在的手段，从强制退休年龄到明确的任期限制。

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

的声音带着的味道。“你把它开回家。”

It's about avoiding choppy, abrupt speech.

它的目的是避免断断续续、的发音。

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的男人，腰板挺直，动作，穿着一尘不染的挺括西装，打着领带。

A hard, mocking edge entered his voice.

和嘲弄的色彩渗进了的声音。

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

“是的。”换了完全不同的语调，“你已经注意到我对英格姆小姐的爱慕，是不是？

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

因为这种热带的食物让你的嘴里有一种、灼热的感觉。

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

比尔的语气不再，的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的严厉而的方法。

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

“又是福斯特？”范尼的颇像满月的脸上露出一种的、不以为然的痛苦和惊讶的表情。

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，却挂满了各种尺寸的镶着相框的照片。有些是模糊的彩色照片，另一些则是黯淡的黑白照片。

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

“死了，夫人。”巴罗先用的语气答道。

Yeah, we would pronounce it with you as harsh.

是的，我们把它发成和你一样的音。

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

但我们只是单独使用它，就像很的那种。

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

你在我读这段时听到，它有一种做作的节奏。

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

我们有这些更礼貌、不那么的说法。

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的工具。

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

好的，那我们就从一不那么或缺乏热情的问候开始吧。