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trenchant

/tren-chuhnt/US // ˈtrɛn tʃənt //UK // (ˈtrɛntʃənt) //

犀利的,鞭辟入里,精辟的,犀利

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
    • : vigorous; effective; energetic: a trenchant policy of political reform.
    • : clearly or sharply defined; clear-cut; distinct.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sarcastic, scathing
Synonyms
acerbic涩的,涩味,尖刻的,涩biting咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬咬咬caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的incisive精辟的,锐利的,尖锐的,透彻的mordant媒染剂,媒质,媒质剂,媒材penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头pungent刺激性的,辛辣,刺激性,刺激性强的salient突出的,突出,显著的,突出的是unsparing不吝啬,毫不吝啬,毫不吝惜,不吝惜acid酸,酸液,酸酸的,酸性acidulous酸性的,酸性物质,酸度,酸性acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧astringent收敛剂,收敛性,涩味剂,涩味clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理clear-cut明确,明确的,鲜明的,明确规定crisp清脆的,干脆利落的,干脆利落,爽快的critical关键,关键的,重要的,重要crushing碾压,碎裂,碎石,碾碎cutting切割,切削,切断,削减distinct鲜明的,鲜明,明显的,分明的driving驾驶,驾车,开车,驱动器dynamic有活力,有活力的,动态,动态的effective有效,有效的,高效,高效的effectual有效的,有作用的,有效,有效果emphatic强调性的,强调性,强调,强调指出energetic有活力的,精力充沛,有活力,有力的explicit明确的,明确,明确规定,明确表示forceful有力的,强大的,有力,强有力的forcible强行,强制的,强制,强迫性graphic图形,图像,图片,图文并茂hurtful伤人的,伤人,伤害性的,伤害人的impressive令人印象深刻,印象深刻,令人印象深刻的是,让人印象深刻的是intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的keen敏锐的,热情的,敏锐,热切的piquant尖刻的,尖刻,尖锐的,有趣的potent强效,强力,强力的,强效的powerful强大的,强大,有力的,强有力的razor-sharp锋利的,锐利的,锐利的刀锋,锋利的刀片salty咸的,咸味,咸咸的,咸味的sardonic讽刺,讽刺性,讽刺性的,讽刺的sententious感性的,感性,多情的,感情丰富的severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利significant显著的,显著,重要的,有意义的strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮tart馅饼,果馅饼,蛋挞,挞伐to the point切中要害,切中时弊,说到点子上了,说到点子上unequivocal明确的,明确,明确地,明确指出vigorous茁壮成长,蓬勃发展的,有力的,旺盛的weighty沉重的,有分量的,重量级的,重量级well-defined明确的,明确规定,定义明确的,定义明确

Examples

  • The result is a trenchant commitment to right-wing values that provides the prism through which many Mormons interpret new crises.

  • It’s a really nuanced and thoughtful book that won a million awards when it came out in 2018, and it’s especially trenchant on the responsibilities forced on to the families of incarcerated people.

  • Whitehead and Jenkins are very different kinds of artists, the former a minimalist whose spare prose conceals allegories of remarkable depth and the latter an expressionist, infusing trenchant ideas into sounds and images laden with emotion.

  • They argue that this increasingly trenchant China must be resisted, not managed or negotiated with, and Hong Kong is the front line.

  • One of the most trenchant chapters in the book is deceptively simple.

  • Much looking forward to going on with what is apparently also a trenchant and enlightening book.

  • The more trenchant and subtle criticism was that Republicans aren't bad people.

  • Typically, the Internet exploded with trenchant commentary about the leather jacket Palin wore.

  • Moss came to admire Wasserstein and his trenchant deconstruction of his fellow power brokers.

  • From the Reagan ascension until recently, the most trenchant description of the prevailing vision was “Starve the Beast.”

  • It is not every one that can handle an instrument of such trenchant power, yet delicate temper, as Nelson's sensitive genius.

  • It must be admitted that this is satire of a good trenchant sort.

  • The western demand for responsible government pointed the way, and Howe became, with Baldwin, its most trenchant advocate.

  • Hence, the transition is abrupt; although by no means conclusive as to any broad and trenchant line of ethnological demarcation.

  • The words with which the parable is pressed home are severe and trenchant; but they are nevertheless full of gospel grace.