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单词 trenchancy
释义
trenchancy
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈtren.tʃən.si/us
/ˈtren.tʃən.si/
thestateorfactofexpressingcriticismoropinionsin aforceful,clearway:
尖刻；尖锐，犀利
She had areputationforcooltrenchancy.她以言辞冷静犀利著称。
He gives awonderfulfreshnessand trenchancy to hisproductionof Macbeth.他为《麦克白》的创作注入了新鲜感和犀利感。
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  • Hespeakswith the trenchancy,individuality, andself-confidenceof amemberof theworkingclass.
  • He set out his ownviews, withtrademarktrenchancy, in an earlyeditorial.
  • Shedescribesthe writer'sworkwithrealeconomyand trenchancy.
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(Definition oftrenchancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrenchancy

trenchancy
He has expressed his views with characteristictrenchancyand, as he put it, unashamedly.
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He spoke with thetrenchancythat we have come to expect.
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I did not quite anticipate thetrenchancyof those contributions, nor the wonderful vision of the tug-of-war contest that was evoked.
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In a way thetrenchancyof the language is in inverse ratio to the rapidity with which the decisions were reached.
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He was a writer of distinction and a speaker of passionate eloquence,trenchancyand wit, but mixed with it was a puckishness which enchanted everyone and disarmed his opponents.
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