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外刊例句
- If the rumours are to be believed, the next generation of models will be even more remarkable—able to perform multi-step tasks, for instance, rather than merely responding to prompts, or analysing complex questions carefully instead of blurting out the first algorithmically available answer.
如果传言可信,那么下一代模型还要更加惊人——例如,能够执行多步骤任务,而不仅仅是就提示给出回应,或者能仔细分析复杂的问题,而不是直接给出通过算法得出的第一个答案。
——《经济学人》 - A friend blurts out something offensive in a conversation.
一位朋友在谈话中脱口说出了一些冒犯的话。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration
[动词] 突然且未经仔细考虑地说(某事)
深入解读
从拼写上来看, blurt 不仅是一个与常见单词 hurt, curt, court, spurt, yogurt 等有着相同结尾的单词,同时也是一个只比小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的 blur 多了结尾一个字母的单词,几者可以一并联想记忆。
从词源上来看, blurt 一词可能拟声而来,最早出现于1573年,常用搭配 blurt sth (out) 表示“脱口而出、冲口而出”,侧重指在努力保持沉默或保守秘密之后,因为紧张或兴奋而突然且未经仔细考虑地说出某事。比如:
- 我还没来得及制止,她已脱口而出了一切。
She blurted everything out before I could stop her. - 喝了极易醉人的家酿后,他不慎说出了秘密。
He blurted out the secret after drinking a lethal home brew.
名著用例
She's not exactly witty. Can be rude too. Blurt out what I was thinking.
她讲话并不俏皮,有时候还挺粗鲁。我只是心里想想的话,她却脱口捅了出来。
出自爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》(Ulysses)。
同近义词
- exclaim: cry out suddenly in surprise, strong emotion, or pain
- babble: reveal something secret or confidential by talking carelessly
- let sth slip: reveal something inadvertently in the course of a conversation