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

• China has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the United States 'plan for missile defense. Talking China out of its trenchant opposition to NMD is going to be tough.
  中国多次表示反对美国的导弹防御系统计划。想劝说中国放弃对nmd坚定的反对立场是很困难的。
• When researchers gathered together to talk about how to foster openness in biology and medical research, one of the most trenchant and moving presentations came from a22-year-old college dropout.
  在研究人员聚集一堂谈论如何促进生物学和医学研究的开放性时，一名22岁的退学生发表了一段最犀利动人的演讲。
• 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。
• A trenchant wit [ style]
  锋锐的机智[格调]
• 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。
• 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。
• Geographic Environment is a huge and open system, which has quite trenchant arrangement and integration.
  地理环境是一个开放的巨系统，系统本身又具有较为分明的层次性和综合性。
• The strong moral sense, the vivid folk style, and the trenchant anti-modernism distinguish him from other novelists of the time.
  强烈的道德感、鲜明的民间化倾向和反现代性立场是张炜区别于当代文坛其他小说家的鲜明特色。