But New York is the most polite place in the world, according to a survey which ranked its famously brusque citizens well ahead of those in London in kindness and good manners.(但是根據《讀者文摘》雜志的一次調查，紐約是世界上最有禮貌的地方。該調查表明在熱心助人和禮貌待人方面，以直率而聞名的紐約市民遙遙領先于倫敦市民。)

To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'.(對他們而言，她并不是盲目的狂熱，而是適度的熱情。)

Another scheme, Sobriety 24/7, takes the same brusque approach with repeat drunk-drivers in South Dakota, testing them twice a day to see if they have had a drink.(另一個項目為“24/7戒毒”。該項目對南達科他州屢次醉駕人員采用同樣的強制措施，每天檢測兩次，看其是否飲酒。)

For all his brusque bullheadedness, he had taken great risks to win a more secure future for Israel.(不論他有多么魯莽和固執，巴拉克為了為以色列爭取一個更加安全的未來，總是甘冒更大的風險。)

The doctors are brusque and busy.(醫生們十分忙碌，說話簡短生硬。)

Mr Aczel's research is thorough and his conclusions interesting. It is all the sadder that the cramped style and brusque pace limit his book's appeal.(艾克塞爾先生的研究深入透徹，結論引人關注。但非常遺憾的是，該書篇幅有限同時又倉促出稿，其吸引力便打了一些折扣。)

But Mr Fenty's brusque style has alienated many of his constituents.(但是芬提莽撞的風格疏遠了很多選民。)

She was offended by his brusque reply.(他那種粗暴的回答使她聽了很不舒服。)

Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls.(堅持一個唐突的保安作為她的伴侶，她試圖不讓她的心捉弄她，她在空蕩蕩的大廳。)

His manner was self-assured and brusque.(他的舉止自負而且粗魯。)