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词汇 trenchant
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Definition of trenchant in English:

trenchant

adjective ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ntˈtrɛn(t)ʃənt
  • 1Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

    (言辞或风格)犀利的,锐利的

    the White Paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

    白皮书对卫生主管部门提出了严厉批评。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not for this group a knee-jerk rejection of the idea of foundation hospitals; rather a trenchant debate about how patients could be involved in local health services both as consumers and as citizens.
    • However, only a few of the dozen-strong cast have the requisite style to make the parody trenchant instead of merely silly.
    • What makes his books so popular is that he presents what he does find in a singularly trenchant and forthright manner.
    • Deftly weaving original research, trenchant analysis, and an engaging prose style, Dillon recaptures the Spirit of an age that in many ways bears a strong resemblance to our own.
    • Galbraith would be horrified by the suggestion that he is part of the mainstream, instead presenting himself as a trenchant critic of what he sees as the corporate-dominated values of today.
    • Members may recall that when the Parole Act and the Sentencing Act were first passed, there was trenchant criticism from the Court of Appeal.
    • Anyone expressing trenchant anti-monarchist views is now suspected of sympathising with Irish republicanism's most fanatical fringe.
    • A quiet and generally even tempered man, he could be and was trenchant in his criticisms as the occasion demanded.
    • The interviewer was the man who at the time was regarded as the most abrasive, trenchant, incisive (you get the point) questioner of the time, Robin Day.
    • In doing so, he subjects central tenets of modern economics to trenchant criticism.
    • Lincoln, who by this time had been brought back into politics by Kansas-Nebraska, became one of the trenchant critics of Douglas's theory of popular sovereignty.
    • In often trenchant language, he criticised the proposed development for being overly-commercial and entirely unacceptable for such a sensitive area.
    • Neither was his crime to be caught expressing his trenchant views, even though that was a bit stupid.
    • That meant that he was always hugely popular both in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, because his criticisms, although trenchant, were never malicious.
    • The Bill passed its first reading easily, despite trenchant criticism from radicals who were angry about interference with the freedom of refugees.
    • The drama has many trenchant things to say about New Labour's obsession with style over substance.
    • Suzie's delight in the gift of the greens is as evident as her disgust in the offer of marriage; she rejects it with trenchant sarcasm and turns abruptly to feed her dog.
    • As social critics, they are trenchant and savage, just as one might expect of two former art students who cut their teeth on the Sex Pistols and the Situationists.
    • So, in the spirit of giving till it hurts, let me offer up to the least deserving of us my annual scathingly incisive yet perennially trenchant.
    • From the early 1920s, the ‘New Realism’ of Grosz, Otto Dix, and Christian Schad expressed a trenchant social criticism comparable with the plays of Bertolt Brecht.
    Synonyms
    incisive, cutting, pointed, piercing, penetrating, sharp, keen, acute, razor-sharp, razor-edged, rapier-like
    vigorous, forceful, strong, telling, emphatic, forthright, blunt
    biting, stinging, mordant, pungent, scathing, caustic, acid, tart, acerbic, astringent, sarcastic
    devastating, savage, fierce, searing, blistering, withering
    North American acerb
    rare mordacious, acidulous
  • 2archaic, literary (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge.

    〈古,诗/文〉(武器,工具)锋利的

    a trenchant blade

    锋利的刀刃。

Derivatives

  • trenchancy

  • noun ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nsiˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nsi
    mass noun
    • Vigorousness or incisiveness in expression or style.

      (言辞或风格)犀利的,锐利的

      she opines with characteristic trenchancy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite these virtues, it, to my mind, offers metrical competence without ever bringing a vividness, pathos, or trenchancy to its subject matter.
      • ‘Lord Butler's vote of confidence in John Scarlett's suitability as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service is a testimony to the fair-mindedness, as well as the rigour and trenchancy, of his criticisms,’ Sir Paul said.
      • Clarity of thoughts, trenchancy of wisdom, intellectual talents, creativity and prudence arouse automatically in the Sädhaka as he matures in the Sädhanä.
  • trenchantly

  • adverb ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ntliˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ntli
    • Vigorously or incisively.

      a work that trenchantly expressed some innate truths
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Historians trenchantly point out that the American West was opened up less by the rugged individualism of homesteaders than the massive commitment of industry, capital and federal power, to say nothing of Chinese indentured labour.
      • From a 29-year-old who described himself as ‘not a saintly person’ it argued, clearly and trenchantly, against the present feeding frenzy on the Catholic Church and its clergy.
      • What they seem to have concluded is that however trenchantly they dislike what the waging of war does to the functionality and even the perceived quality of their democracy, they will not side with the appeasers, whom they distrust more.

Origin

Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, literally 'cutting', present participle of trenchier (see trench).

Rhymes

consentient, sentient

Definition of trenchant in US English:

trenchant

adjectiveˈtren(t)SHəntˈtrɛn(t)ʃənt
  • 1Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

    (言辞或风格)犀利的,锐利的

    she heard angry voices, not loud, yet certainly trenchant
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, in the spirit of giving till it hurts, let me offer up to the least deserving of us my annual scathingly incisive yet perennially trenchant.
    • From the early 1920s, the ‘New Realism’ of Grosz, Otto Dix, and Christian Schad expressed a trenchant social criticism comparable with the plays of Bertolt Brecht.
    • Suzie's delight in the gift of the greens is as evident as her disgust in the offer of marriage; she rejects it with trenchant sarcasm and turns abruptly to feed her dog.
    • Lincoln, who by this time had been brought back into politics by Kansas-Nebraska, became one of the trenchant critics of Douglas's theory of popular sovereignty.
    • Members may recall that when the Parole Act and the Sentencing Act were first passed, there was trenchant criticism from the Court of Appeal.
    • That meant that he was always hugely popular both in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, because his criticisms, although trenchant, were never malicious.
    • Not for this group a knee-jerk rejection of the idea of foundation hospitals; rather a trenchant debate about how patients could be involved in local health services both as consumers and as citizens.
    • Neither was his crime to be caught expressing his trenchant views, even though that was a bit stupid.
    • A quiet and generally even tempered man, he could be and was trenchant in his criticisms as the occasion demanded.
    • Galbraith would be horrified by the suggestion that he is part of the mainstream, instead presenting himself as a trenchant critic of what he sees as the corporate-dominated values of today.
    • Deftly weaving original research, trenchant analysis, and an engaging prose style, Dillon recaptures the Spirit of an age that in many ways bears a strong resemblance to our own.
    • In doing so, he subjects central tenets of modern economics to trenchant criticism.
    • The Bill passed its first reading easily, despite trenchant criticism from radicals who were angry about interference with the freedom of refugees.
    • What makes his books so popular is that he presents what he does find in a singularly trenchant and forthright manner.
    • In often trenchant language, he criticised the proposed development for being overly-commercial and entirely unacceptable for such a sensitive area.
    • As social critics, they are trenchant and savage, just as one might expect of two former art students who cut their teeth on the Sex Pistols and the Situationists.
    • The interviewer was the man who at the time was regarded as the most abrasive, trenchant, incisive (you get the point) questioner of the time, Robin Day.
    • Anyone expressing trenchant anti-monarchist views is now suspected of sympathising with Irish republicanism's most fanatical fringe.
    • The drama has many trenchant things to say about New Labour's obsession with style over substance.
    • However, only a few of the dozen-strong cast have the requisite style to make the parody trenchant instead of merely silly.
    Synonyms
    incisive, cutting, pointed, piercing, penetrating, sharp, keen, acute, razor-sharp, razor-edged, rapier-like
  • 2literary, archaic (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge.

    〈古,诗/文〉(武器,工具)锋利的

    a trenchant blade

    锋利的刀刃。

Origin

Middle English (in trenchant (sense 2)): from Old French, literally ‘cutting’, present participle of trenchier (see trench).

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