laconic

英[lə'kɒnɪk] 美

近义词curt terse

反义词

副词: laconically;

laconic 简练的

来自希腊语Lakon,地名，斯巴达属地，以说话简练著称。参照电影《三百勇士》。

laconic: laconic: [16] The Greek term for an inhabitant of the ancient region of Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, and of its capital Sparta, was Lákōn. The Spartans were renowned for not using two words where one would do (there is a story that when Philip of Macedon threatened invasion with ‘If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground’, the Spartans’ only reply was ‘If’), and so English used the adjective laconic (from Greek Lakōnikós) for ‘sparing of speech’.
laconic (adj.): "concise, abrupt," 1580s, probably via Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon "person from Lakonia," the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famously proud of their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground," the Spartans' reply was, "If." An earlier form was laconical (1570s). Related: Laconically.

2. Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.: 平常在办公室里寡言少语的莱希医生似乎少了些拘谨，多了几分轻松。

3. "At least we weren't kidnapped." — "I'm glad of that," was the laconic response.: “至少咱们没被绑架。”——“对此我很庆幸，”答复就是这么简短的一句话。

4. A slight frown and a laconic'Yes,'were the answer.: 回答是淡淡的皱眉和一声简短的 “ 是的 ”.