poignant

英 [ˈpɔɪnjənt]

美 [ˈpɔɪnjənt]

adj. 令人沉痛的; 悲惨的; 酸楚的

GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11541 / COCA.9665

牛津词典

adj.

令人沉痛的；悲惨的；酸楚的
having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad
1. a poignant image/moment/memory, etc.
  悲惨的形象、时刻、回忆等
2. Her face was a poignant reminder of the passing of time.
  她的容颜显示青春已逝，令人感伤。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 令人痛苦的；辛酸的；惨痛的
Something that ispoignantaffects you deeply and makes you feel sadness or regret.
1. ...a poignant combination of beautiful surroundings and tragic history.
  美丽山水和悲惨历史让人黯然神伤的结合
2. ...a poignant love story...
  辛酸的爱情故事
3. Harry thought the sight of her was inexpressibly poignant.
  哈里觉得看到她有种难以言喻的哀伤。

英英释义

adj

arousing affect
1. the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene
2. poignant grief cannot endure forever
3. his gratitude was simple and touching
Synonym:affectingtouching
keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
1. poignant anxiety

双语例句

Life is Beautiful is a concentration-camp tale which is a touching and poignant movie.
《美丽人生》是一部令人既感动又心酸的反映集中营生活的影片。
A poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time.
他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。
His wife was so poignant and timely.
他的妻子是这样有分寸和适时宜。
The significance of every moment you spent at home before you leave becomes really poignant.
当你要离开家的时候，在家中度过的每分每秒，它们的意义都变得格外地强烈。
It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.
他在婚礼前一天去世了，这分外令人哀痛。
Along the way she tells a poignant, bittersweet story.
在找寻过程中她讲述了一个辛酸，却又苦乐参半的故事。
I found the scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant.
我觉得珀西向奥利芙求婚的一幕太让人心酸了。
The use of tritones and semitones is paramount throughout this work to give it its distinctly poignant flavour.
歌曲中采用了大量的三全音和半音，为作品营造了一抹特有的沉重愁惨意味。
How many poignant stories, have become a human's famous interpretation of stories of.
有多少凄美的故事，都演绎成了人间的脍炙人口的佳话。
Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
以期望与实际之间经常性的令人不快的差异或者不和谐为特点。