The senator's bluntness wins him many admirers, but other things, such as his age, are against him.

参议员的坦率为他赢得了许多敬重，但是其它事情，比如他的年纪，对他不利。

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After several others had spoken, Rubin said, with characteristic bluntness, There's no question you screwed up.

许多人表态后，鲁宾以他固有的直率说道：“毫无疑问，你把事情搞砸了。”

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In fact, sometimes bluntness and honesty are exactly what's needed to create strategic trust. And we will need more of it.

事实上，为了创建信任关系，有时我们需要的正是直率和诚实。

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He is known to speak his mind with a bluntness not common in diplomatic circles.

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Such bluntness about job cuts is causing tensions all the way up into the boardroom.

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Many of them are breathtakingly direct, but what the bluntness supports, often, is irony rather than excitation.

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