'Bravery is only obtuseness to the perception of contingencies, ' Mr. Swancourt severely answered.
“勇敢只是对突发事件的感知迟钝,”斯旺考特先生严厉地回答。
天使不敢涉足的地方
She longed for Harriet's burly obtuseness or for the soulless diplomacy of Mrs. Herriton.
她渴望哈丽特的魁梧迟钝或赫里顿夫人的死气沉沉的外交。
经济学人 Culture
Some feature bravery and some obtuseness.
有些具有勇敢和一些迟钝。
The school of life
But it becomes a particular form of obtuseness to remain in such a register when unpicking issues in relationships or family dynamics.
但是,在处理关系或家庭中的问题时,这样说话就比较愚蠢了。
面纱
Perhaps it was due to an obtuseness in herself that she looked upon her connection with Townsend as regrettable and shocking even, but to be forgotten rather than to be repented of.
也许是由于她自己的迟钝, 她认为她与汤森德的关系令人遗憾甚至震惊,但应该被遗忘而不是后悔。
人与鬼(上)
Galen was the predestined butt of Mabel and Archie; and secure in their mother's virtuous obtuseness, and in her worshipper's timidity, they allowed themselves a latitude of banter that sometimes turned their audience cold.
His obtuseness to the cause of her indisposition, by evidencing his entire freedom from the suspicion of anything behind the scenes, showed how incapable Knight was of deception himself, rather than any inherent dulness in him regarding human nature.
Rather I would think that despair at an insoluble problem, and perhaps impatience with those who pretend to solve it, bring about a resolute disregard of everything beyond the physical fact, and so at length a self-deception which seems obtuseness.