poignant

英 ['p??nj?nt] 美['p??nj?nt]

反義詞

CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

副詞:?poignantly;名詞:?poignancy;

poignant 悲慘的

來自古法語poignant,鋒利的，尖銳的，來自拉丁語pungere,刺，詞源同pugnacious,point.

poignant: poignant: see punctuation
poignant (adj.): late 14c., "painful to physical or mental feeling" (of sauce, spice, wine as well as things that affect the feelings), from Old French poignant "sharp, pointed" (13c.), present participle of poindre "to prick, sting," from Latin pungere "to prick" (see pungent). Related: Poignantly.

The word disguises a linguistics trick-play, a double reverse. Latin pungere is from the same root as Latin pugnus "fist," and represents a metathesis of -n- and -g- that later was reversed in French.

1. I found the scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant.: 我覺得珀西向奧利芙求婚的一幕太讓人心酸了。

2. Harry thought the sight of her was inexpressibly poignant.: 哈里覺得看到她有種難以言喻的哀傷。

3. It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.: 他在婚禮前一天去世了,這尤其令人傷感.

4. His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.: 他的歌詞一如既往的犀利辛辣。

5. A poignant anxiety thrust itself sharply into Presley's heart.: 一陣劇烈的焦慮,象把刀子似的,直扎進(jìn)普瑞斯萊的心房.