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

• Even Hung, I am surprised to find, is a trenchant critic of how China is portrayed in the west and she complains that when she is overseas, she still gets asked how she got out of the country.
  我惊奇地发现，即使是洪晃，对于西方人对中国的描述也持尖锐的批评态度。她抱怨称，直到现在，在海外的时候，还有人问她是如何从中国脱身的。
• 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。
• They became vocal, even trenchant, in their discontent.
  他们大声甚至是犀利的表达自己的不满。
• Engineering plastics are those special polymers with excellent properties, which can be used as constructional materials, even in trenchant chemical and physical circumstance.
  工程塑料是指一类可以作为结构材料，在较宽的温度范围内承受机械应力，在较为苛刻的化学物理环境中使用的高性能的高分子材料。
• His trenchant sense was never stopped by his rules of daily prudence, but was always up to the new occasion.
  他那锋利的感觉从不会被日常的谨慎弄得愚钝，总是准备欢迎新情况。
• 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。
• His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
  他的评论既一针见血又鞭辟入里。
• 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？
• Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
  他们的有些批评十分尖锐。