| 词汇 | trenchancy |
| 释义 | trenchancy noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈtren.tʃən.si/ us /ˈtren.tʃən.si/ the state or fact of expressing criticism or opinions in a forceful, clear way: 尖刻;尖锐，犀利 She had a reputation for cool trenchancy.她以言辞冷静犀利著称。 He gives a wonderful freshness and trenchancy to his production of Macbeth.他为《麦克白》的创作注入了新鲜感和犀利感。 See trenchant He speaks with the trenchancy, individuality, and self-confidence of a member of the working class. He set out his own views, with trademark trenchancy, in an early editorial. She describes the writer's work with real economy and trenchancy. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian Examples of trenchancytrenchancy He has expressed his views with characteristic trenchancy and, as he put it, unashamedly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke with the trenchancy that we have come to expect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not quite anticipate the trenchancy of those contributions, nor the wonderful vision of the tug-of-war contest that was evoked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a way the trenchancy of the language is in inverse ratio to the rapidity with which the decisions were reached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a writer of distinction and a speaker of passionate eloquence, trenchancy and wit, but mixed with it was a puckishness which enchanted everyone and disarmed his opponents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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