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发表于 2009-3-10 01:21:02
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incisive
\in-SAHY-siv\, adjective
1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute
3. adapted for cutting or piercing
4. of or pertaining to the incisors
1. 锐利的,尖锐的,敏锐的;尖刻锋利的
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
~Rod Serling
by 1528, from Latinincisivus, from incis-/incidere "to cut into"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
~Helen Keller
如果世上只有欢乐,我们就永远学不会勇敢和耐心。
——海伦·凯勒
If the English alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A?
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