trenchant

trenchant

英 ['tren(t)ʃ(ə)nt]
　　美 ['trɛntʃənt]

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

中文詞源：

trenchant 尖銳的，鮮明的

來自古法語 trenchier,去砍，劈，刨，挖，詞源同 trench.引申詞義尖銳的，鮮明的。

例句：

1. He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.
他因這番尖銳的批評而萬念俱灰，茫然不知所措。

2. His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.
他的演說是對種族隔離政策強有力的尖銳的抨擊.

3. Some of their comments were quite trenchant.
他們的有些批評十分尖銳.

4. His comment was trenchant and perceptive.
他的評論既一針見血又鞭辟入裡。

5. He formulated trenchant aphorisms that caught their attention.
他闡述的鮮明格言引起瞭人們的註意.