poignant是什么意思，poignant怎么用
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poignant
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📰 外刊例句
Many people have written poignant memoirs of caring for loved ones who have lost to dementia much of their memory and their ability to lead independent lives. 许多人写下了辛酸的回忆录，讲述他们照顾因痴呆症而失去大部分记忆和独立生活能力的亲人的经历。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
[形容词] 唤起强烈的悲伤或懊悔感的
💡 深入解读
Poignant 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的indignant有着相同结尾的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， poignant 一词源自拉丁语pungere（本义指“刺破、刺穿、刺痛”，引申指“使恼怒、困扰、悲伤、痛苦等”），最早于14世纪末由古法语poindre（刺破、刺痛）的过去分词poignant（锋利的、尖锐的）进入英语，起初用来表示“辛辣的、酸辣的”以及气味“浓烈的”。不过这一初始含义现已不再流行，如今主要用其引申义指“酸楚的、辛酸的、惨痛的、悲惨的、痛悔的、令人沉痛的”，常意味着如直刺人的内心那般唤起强烈或透彻的悲伤或懊悔感
切肤之痛
poignant agonies
辛酸的回忆
poignant memories
悲惨的景象
a poignant sight
It is especially poignant that he died on the day before the wedding. He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这令人分外悲痛。他全身心地投入工作结果损害了他的健康。
📚 名著用例
He struggled long to keep up an equality with Catherine in her studies, and yielded with poignant though silent regret; but he yielded completely. 他长久努力想要跟凯瑟琳在她的求学上保持平等的地位，却带着沉默的而又痛切的遗憾，终于舍弃了；而且他是完全舍弃了。
— 出自《英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特（Emily Brontë）的长篇小说《呼啸山庄》（ Wuthering Heights ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- pitiful: deserving or arousing pity
- pathetic: arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
- touching: arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude
