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I got his secretary who was rather brusque with me and told me to call back later.

我跟他的秘书通了电话，他秘书对我很无礼，并叫我稍后再打过去。

Some customers are rather brusque and don't seem to like conversation.

铜是一种呈棕色的金属，它能搭配各种颜色的服装。

Some customers are rather brusque don't seem to like conversation.

有些顾客相当粗鲁，也不愿多说话。

Jesus' reaction seems rather brusque: O woman, what have you to do with me?

耶稣的反应似乎相当唐突∶「女人，这於我和奶有甚麽关系？

The present paper mainly deals with those methods, which are applied rather commonly in the research of bryophyte ecology.

这里介绍了目前苔藓植物生态学研究中应用较为普遍的数量分析方法，并探讨了各自的优缺点。

One solution, suggested recently by Ken Smith of the Buckinghamshire New University, is to accept the most common misspellings as variants rather than correct them.

最近，来自白金汉郡大学的肯史密斯提出他的解决方案：对拼写中常见的与读音不符的拼法不做更正，只将其作为变体继续使用。

Rather than using traditional inventory as a buffer, capacity flexibility and leadtime flexibility are acted as a buffer mechanism to absorb demand uncertainty and provide some supply flexibility for innovative products supply chain at the tactical level.

用产能柔性和提前期柔性来代替传统的库存缓冲方法，充当一种吸收需求不确定性的缓冲机制，使创新产品供应链从战术上获得供应柔性。

Although Bowra's "Buggery was invented to pass the awkward hour between evensong and cocktails" is rather brilliant. And I also like "Awful shit, never met him".

我喜欢的一句是："太遗憾了（译者注：英文原文的另一重意思是'恶心的家伙'），从没有见过他(Awful shit， never met him)。"

Almost instantly, he found he could afford a Buick, rather than one of those smaller economy cars.

几乎马上他就发现他买得起别克汽车了，不再需要开那些较小的经济型轿车。

Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them.

开始建立自己的信心，并通过问题的工作，而不是避开它们。

Diabetes is a social disease that affects several million people worldwide.

糖尿病是一个社会性疾病，全世界有数百万人罹患此病。

I'll call you on Friday to see if we can reschedule our luncheon meeting at your convenience.

我星期五会给您打电话在您方便的时候我们重新安排我们的午餐约会。