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

• His article is trenchant. His is a cut-and-thrust style without any flourish.
  他的文章风格犀利明快，没有任何华丽的词藻。
• Inheriting the ironical tradition in British literature, he depicts in a trenchant and humourous tone of writing a real picture of British social reality after World War ⅰ, including politics, culture, social custom and human nature.
  他继承了英国文学中的反讽传统，以犀利而幽默的笔调描绘了一幅一战后英国的社会现实之画，涵盖了政治、文化、社会风俗以及人性等诸多方面。
• 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。
• Who besides Michael Jackson would follow a tender love song with a trenchant critique of the media?
  除了迈克尔·杰克逊，还有谁会在尖锐地批评了媒体后，再接一首温柔情歌？
• 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。
• Such thinking can be challenged with trenchant assessments of the risks present in each new market.
  通过对各个新市场中存在的风险做出明晰的评估，我们就可对这种自负的想法提出质疑。
• 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。
• Geographic Environment is a huge and open system, which has quite trenchant arrangement and integration.
  地理环境是一个开放的巨系统，系统本身又具有较为分明的层次性和综合性。
• 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。
• Her trenchant, acid wit.
  她那种犀利尖刻的机智。