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单词 poignant
释义
poignant
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/us
/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/
causingor having a verysharpfeelingofsadness:
令人痛苦的，酸楚的；深深打动人的
Thephotographawakenspoignantmemoriesofhappierdays.照片唤起了对美好时光的深情追忆。
Itisespeciallypoignantthathediedon thedaybefore thewedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这令人分外悲痛。
Synonyms
affectingformal
touching
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
  • affecting
  • agonizingly
  • arrogance
  • baleful
  • be cold comfortidiom
  • distressing
  • distressingly
  • dolorous
  • ego trip
  • egoism
  • hurtfully
  • impiously
  • impiousness
  • lacerating
  • loftiness
  • teary
  • touching
  • touchingly
  • tragically
  • traumatic
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Related words

poignancy
poignantly
(Definition ofpoignantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

poignant| American Dictionary

poignant
adjective
us
/ˈpɔɪn·jənt/
causingafeelingofsadness:
Themonumentis a poignantreminderof those whodiedin thewar.

poignantly

adverbus
/ˈpɔɪn·jənt·li/
(Definition ofpoignantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoignant

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It is remarkablypoignant, sombre yet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.
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The morphology of the village became a medium for the realization of another of the period's mostpoignantand generative concepts, the open form.
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Instances of undeserved pain and suffering provide us with our mostpoignantexamples.
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The understated nature of the coda, especially the pianissimo passage starting in bar 108, enhances one's experience of the narrative aspoignant, troubled and unresolved.
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He gives apoignantand moving account of their last years together and the profound sadness following his loss.
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The resonances of the questions are particularly purposeful, moral, heartfelt, andpoignant.
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Their article, which includes highlypoignantand well-observed case studies, demonstrates the seriousness of the problems encountered.
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His fieldnotes and letters back home were always filled withpoignantobservations, good wit, and honest introspection.
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This short,poignantfilm seems to resonate perfectly with the mood and flow of the music.
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For an immersion teacher education setting, this is particularlypoignant.
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This is especiallypoignantwhen the body appears in retrospect to have been ' near perfect ' despite an illness.
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This is a very personal book, apoignantbook, a compelling book, from beginning to end.
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The use of the narrative extracts of their research participants is particularlypoignantin marking these distinctions, as well as underpinning debates.
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The women's stories are at oncepoignantand remarkable.
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Both parts illuminate and inform each other, making this work a more readable and morepoignantstudy than most books on this subject.
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