直截了当

The president of the company was trying to cut to the chase about the problem.

公司董事长对这问题采取直截了当的方法。

This is useful in childbirth because you are able to see and hold your baby straightaway.

这是非常有用的在分娩时，因为你是能够看到和您的宝宝举行直截了当。

Now I'm going to ask you directly. Did you chop down that cherry tree?""

现在，我要直截了当地问你，你有没有砍了那棵樱桃树？""

On this day he did not, therefore, hesitate to accost him,saying, without circumlocution,"Have you had enough of Richmond, captain?"

因此，这一天他毫不犹豫，直截了当地向工程师招呼道："史密斯先生，你在里士满待够了吗？"

You had arranged your little plot, you had said to yourself:--'I'm going to signify this squarely to my grandfather, to that mummy of the Regency and of the Directory, to that ancient beau, to that Dorante turned Geronte; he has indulged in his frivolities also, that he has, and he has had his love affairs, and his grisettes and his Cosettes; he has made his rustle, he has had his wings, he has eaten of the bread of spring; he certainly must remember it.' Ah! You take the cockchafer by the horns.

你用你那小诡计，暗自说道：'我要向这个外祖父直截了当地把事情说出来，这个摄政时期和督政府时期的木乃伊，这个过去的花花公子，这个变成惹隆德的陶朗特②，他也有过他的风流艳史，也曾谈情说爱，也结交过风骚卖俏的女人，也有过他的珂赛特；他也曾炫耀过，也有过翅膀飞翔过，他也有过青春；他应该记得这些。

I'm talking cold turkey to you... I think it wise if your relationship has ended.

我是直截了当对你说的，我想你们的关系最好是不要继续下去了。

I said I would come straight to the point.

我说，我想要直截了当地谈。

I'll come straight to the point your work isn't good enough.

我要直截了当地说--你的工作做得不够好。

I hope your remarks come to the point.

我希望你的发言直截了当。

I'll come straight to the point — your work isn't good enough.

我就直截了当地说了——你的工作做得不够好。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷