trenchant

英 [ˈtrentʃənt]

美 [ˈtrentʃənt]

adj.  尖锐的; 有效的; 鲜明的

GRE

BNC.23296 / COCA.28099

牛津词典

adj.

• 尖锐的；有效的；鲜明的
  expressed strongly and effectively, in a clear way

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （批评、评论等）鲜明的，犀利的，尖锐的，中肯的
  You can usetrenchantto describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful.
  1. He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism...
     他因这番尖锐的批评而万念俱灰，茫然不知所措。
  2. His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
     他的评论既一针见血又鞭辟入里。

英英释义

adj

• clearly or sharply defined to the mind
  1. clear-cut evidence of tampering
  2. Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
  3. trenchant distinctions between right and wrong
  Synonym:clear-cutdistinct
• characterized by or full of force and vigor
  1. a hard-hitting expose
  2. a trenchant argument
  Synonym:hard-hitting
• having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
  1. searching insights
  2. trenchant criticism
  Synonym:searching

双语例句

• Li fang We used to say she is misunderstood, trenchant.
  我们以前对她都是误解，说分明就好了。
• He wrote a series of trenchant articles on the state of the British theatre.
  他就英国剧院的状况写了一系列犀利的文章。
• When researchers gathered together to talk about how to foster openness in biology and medical research, one of the most trenchant and moving presentations came from a22-year-old college dropout.
  在研究人员聚集一堂谈论如何促进生物学和医学研究的开放性时，一名22岁的退学生发表了一段最犀利动人的演讲。
• From the structure arrangement, the emphases of this paper is trenchant.
  同时在结构安排上祥略有次，重点突出。
• Dorothy parker's writing is characterized by a trenchant wit and sophistication.
  多罗茜帕克作品的特别是机智、老练。
• The strong moral sense, the vivid folk style, and the trenchant anti-modernism distinguish him from other novelists of the time.
  强烈的道德感、鲜明的民间化倾向和反现代性立场是张炜区别于当代文坛其他小说家的鲜明特色。
• But a digital image need occupy considerable store units, for example, the numeral rate of a trenchant television signal amounts to 1.3Gb/s. It is apparently difficult and uneconomic to store in real time or transfer so much data capacity.
  然而数字图像占用的存贮空间相当大，一路数字化的高清晰度电视信号，其数码率高达1.3Gb／s，显然要实时存贮或传送这样大的数据量，是非常困难和不经济的。
• China has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the United States 'plan for missile defense. Talking China out of its trenchant opposition to NMD is going to be tough.
  中国多次表示反对美国的导弹防御系统计划。想劝说中国放弃对nmd坚定的反对立场是很困难的。
• His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.
  他的演说是对种族隔离政策强有力的尖锐的抨击。
• My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread-and-butter for us, that never varied.
  我姐姐给我们切面包、涂奶油，总是手脚麻利，十分轻快，而且动作一成不变。