tā / zài / huì shàng / zhí jié liǎo dàng de / pī píng / tóng shì / yán cí / xiǎn de / yǒu xiē / qiǎn lù他在会上直截了当地批评同事,言辞显得有些浅露。He criticized his colleague very directly at the meeting, and his words came across as somewhat blunt.