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词汇 stridency
释义 stridency
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈstraɪ.dən.si/ us /ˈstraɪ.dən.si/

stridencynoun[U] (forcefulness)


the fact of being expressed, or of expressing things, in forceful language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people: 尖着嗓子说话的方式,刺耳的说话方式;令人不快的说法方式
The stridency of his remarks show how rattled he is.他尖锐的语气表明他是多么地焦躁不安。
As the situation becomes more desperate, there is a growing stridency in the appeals for aid.随着局势变得更加危急,呼吁援助的声音也越来越尖锐。
She argues for editing the stridency out of feminism.
There was no stridency in his make-up.
After the stridency and aggression of the school, she was happy to find herself in a gentle household where voices were never raised.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Power and intensity
ascendant
be (as) solid as a rockidiom
beef
brunt
cast iron
clout
grunt
intensity
invincibility
invulnerability
juggernaut
keenness
kick-ass
resilient
richness
ripely
robustness
sturdiness
virulence
vividness

stridencynoun[U] (loudness)


the quality of being loud, unpleasant, and rough in sound: 刺耳,尖厉
He sings with a stridency which makes you wonder why he ever felt he needed a backing band.他的歌声刺耳,这让你纳闷为什么他会觉得自己需要一个乐队伴奏。
His students respond to the shouting, yelling, and stridency of his voice with compliance and cooperation.他的学生以顺从和合作的态度回应他刺耳的大喊大叫。
Stridency and shard-like sounds are cast aside in favor of a more benevolent tone.
Despite the stridency of the sound, no individual could be identified as its source.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Noise & noisy
abuzz
bang something out
barky
bash something out
blast
boisterously
brouhaha
cacophony
clatter
disturbance
explosive
loudly
noisy
rackety
resonant
ring out
ring with something
rowdily
rowdiness
strident

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strident

Examples of stridency


stridency
They tell of power, sometimes stridency, a range of only about two octaves, very good low notes, a strong but harsh upper register.
His commitment to accessible prose and fairness leads to a strenuous avoidance of any hint of stridency in retailing views he does not share.
Yet the authors' stridency takes its toll.
Therefore, it is up to us not to adopt a policy of continued stridency towards those remaining parts of the world with which we disagree.
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The public wanted more this afternoon than the same depressing mixture of scare and stridency that we received.
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I do not think that the people of this country are very impressed by that sort of vulgar stridency.
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It is symptomatic of a time when stridency in negotiation overcomes common sense, and appeasement will never satisfy that brute appetite.
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He has been criticised by one national organisation after another and with increasing stridency.
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The stridency, the posturing, the playing at politics, the desire for self-justification had largely gone.
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Stridency and haranguing are out of the window.
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I suggest that this is not so, because we should not confuse volume with value, nor should we confuse stridency with sagacity.
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I do not blame him for his recent increase in stridency.
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I am always struck by the stridency that he seems to bring to debates on social security.
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It is damaging through its stridency.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
On the other hand let us beware of calling with undue stridency for further sacrifices from those who have been so generous to us in our need.
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