| 单词 | incisive |
| 释义 | in·ci·sive 1. < as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang — T.B.Costain > 2. < the clear, incisive genius which could state in a flash the exact point at issue — A.N.Whitehead > < the … incisive irony … serves to put the literary crackpots in their proper place — S.C.Chew > 3. Synonyms: < Bismarck's will had not that incisive, rapier quality, that quality of highly tempered steel — flexible, unbreakable, of mortal effect, decisive, a sword — which had Richelieu's — Hilaire Belloc > clear-cut indicates either unmistakably clear and lucid outlining, analysis, or presentation, or finite certainty defying disbelief or question < this clear-cut and consistent political creed is set forth throughout with the lucidity and brevity that makes a first-class popular orator — Times Literary Supplement > < the current decision … was neither clear-cut nor definite … it appeared to be an attempted compromise — New York Times > crisp in this series has a variety of suggestions: keenness, freshness, clarity, animation, terseness, vigor, sureness, effectiveness < a languorous work … with occasional interludes of crisp brilliance — Anthony West > < crisp epigrams — George Santayana > trenchant suggests sharp penetrating acuteness often in criticism or detraction and may suggest sarcastic asperity < a trenchant critic of the rising capitalism, delighting in exposing the fallacies of the new economics and in pricking the bladders of political reputations — V.L.Parrington > cutting and biting apply to sharp sarcasm, ridicule, or detraction; the former may suggest a tendency to wound by penetrating acuteness, the latter a mordant, implacable harshness < the cutting sarcasm … the cruel epigrams and occasional harsh witticisms — Jack London > < domineering and censorious of any that stood in his way, with a biting wit, although he mellowed somewhat as he grew older — T.D.Bacon > |
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