流逝汉英词典

trenchant

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['tren(t)ʃ(ə)nt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈtren.tʃənt]
  • 国际音标 ['trentʃənt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 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

词根记忆

  • trench(溝) + ant→說話像挖溝，入木三分→犀利的
  • trench(溝渠) + ant(螞蟻)→千裡之堤，潰於蟻穴→這話說得真是銳利→銳利的

同根派生

  • adv性質的同根詞
    trenchantly：尖銳地；銳利地。
  • n性質的同根詞
    trenchancy：銳利；鮮明。

英汉例句

  • He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.
    他因這番尖銳的批評而萬唸俱灰，茫然不知所措。
  • Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
    他們的有些批評十分尖銳.
  • His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
    他的評論既一針見血又鞭辟入裡。
  • He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.
    他因這番尖銳的批評而萬唸俱灰，茫然不知所措。
  • His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.
    他的縯說是對種族隔離政策強有力的尖銳的抨擊.

词组短语

    短語

  • trenchant sword 鋒利的刀
  • trenchant a 銳利的
  • trenchant argument 有力的論據
  • trenchant t 鋒利犀利的;尖刻的
  • trenchant words 尖刻的話

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful.