| 单词 | strident |
| 释义 | strident (straɪdənt ) 1. adjective If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable. [disapproval] ...the unnecessarily strident tone of the Prime Minister's remarks. Demands for his resignation have become more and more strident. Synonyms: forceful, offensive, hostile, belligerent stridently graded adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] He was arrested in 1984 on suspicion of being a spy–a charge he stridently denies. In the late 1920s the party began to adopt a more stridently nationalistic posture. 2. adjective If a voice or sound is strident, it is loud, harsh, and unpleasant to listen to. She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident. He could hear Hilton's strident voice rising in vehement argument with Houston. Synonyms: harsh, jarring, grating, clashing Collocations: increasingly strident They are increasingly strident in their belief that something new needs to be tried. Times, Sunday Times (2010) She could not understand the concept of popular will and therefore chose to ignore an increasingly strident voice. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There are increasingly strident and public calls for him to say when he's going. The Sun (2006) In fact his increasingly strident denials that a deal is in the offing suggest that the prospect is alarming voters, as it should. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He more or less abandoned the attempt to frame an argument, letting himself be carried along by a gush of increasingly strident rhetoric. Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Higher Education (1990) The task needs to be reassessed and the strident tone ratcheted down. Times, Sunday Times However, the group acquiesced to presidential pressure and influence, and the event ultimately took on a far less strident tone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In strident tones, he told himself that this was his time — he was surprised quite how vociferous he became. Times, Sunday Times She could not understand the concept of popular will and therefore chose to ignore an increasingly strident voice. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She was a good woman with a strident voice who was very much involved with the revolutionary process. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007) Ellel's strident voice reached them as they neared the door. A Plague of Angels (1993) Translations: Chinese: 强硬的 Japanese: 執拗な |
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