trenchant
- adj. 尖刻的;銳利的;苛刻的;鋒利的(名詞trenchancy,副詞trenchantly)
- n. (Trenchant)人名;(法)特朗尚
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來自古法語(yǔ) trenchier,去砍,劈,刨,挖,詞源同 trench.引申詞義尖銳的,鮮明的。
英文詞源
- trenchant (adj.)
- early 14c., "cutting, sharp," from Old French trenchant "cutting, sharp" (literal and figurative), present participle of trenchier "to cut" (see trench). Figurative sense in English is from c. 1600.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.
- 他因這番尖銳的批評(píng)而萬念俱灰,茫然不知所措。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.
- 他的演說是對(duì)種族隔離政策強(qiáng)有力的尖銳的抨擊.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
- 他們的有些批評(píng)十分尖銳.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
- 他的評(píng)論既一針見血又鞭辟入里。
來自辭典例句
- 5. He formulated trenchant aphorisms that caught their attention.
- 他闡述的鮮明格言引起了人們的注意.
來自辭典例句