trenchant
英 ['tren(t)ʃ(ə)nt]
美 ['trɛntʃənt]
- 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
中文詞源
trenchant 尖銳的，鮮明的來自古法語 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.
- 他因這番尖銳的批評而萬念俱灰，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.
- 他的演說是對種族隔離政策強有力的尖銳的抨擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
- 他們的有些批評十分尖銳.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
- 他的評論既一針見血又鞭辟入裏。
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