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小知识
If you're trenchant, it means you think or say smart, sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter. A trenchant observation is one that makes people scratch their chins thoughtfully, or wince with embarrassment for whomever you're talking about, or both.
The word trenchant originates from tranchant, which in French means “sharp” or “cutting,” and it's related to the word trench, which originally meant a line carved in wood and later came to mean a ditch carved into the earth. The word is often used to describe political commentary or cultural criticism. One person known for her trenchant wit was the author and critic Mary McCarthy, who once said of the writer Lillian Hellman, “Every word she writes is a lie, including the 'and' and the 'the'.”
实用短语
单词用法
trenchantly adv.尖锐地；锐利地
词根词缀
词根: trench
=cut,表示”切,割”
adj.
trenchant 一针见血的,精辟的trench切,割+ant……的→像刀切进去一样
n.&v.
trench [挖]沟,[挖]战壕trench被铲子等挖[切]出来的沟→n.&v.[挖]沟,[挖]战壕
v.
entrench 以壕沟防护en在……里面+trench切,割→在壕沟里面