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

• Her trenchant, acid wit.
  她那种犀利尖刻的机智。
• The timing is provocative, three weeks before the US presidential election, because Mr Krugman has been a trenchant and influential critic both of the Bush administration and of John McCain.
  时间安排具有挑衅性，因为克鲁格曼一直是针对布什政府和麦凯恩（JohnMcCain）犀利而又具有影响力的批评人士，而现在离美国大选还有三个星期。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
  他们的有些批评十分尖锐。
• 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。
• Many of her trenchant articles together with those of Rewi Alley can be found today in the yellowed volumes of the magazine.
  她和路易艾黎的那些词锋犀利的文章，今天还可以从那份杂志发了黄的卷页上找到。
• 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。
• 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。
• A trenchant wit [ style]
  锋锐的机智[格调]